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BPOA 01, 0065 (P203717)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 086048

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ki ur-li-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu ur-{d}ig-alim
reverse
1. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}ig-alim

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 65

[Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 086048
Accession No.: 1899-04-17, 0068

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.08.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:34:42	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:27:10	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:18	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:34:05	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005168 (composite) (P457878)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.45.12.00, Ibbi-Suen.03.10.00

Notes

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“BPOA 01, 0065 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203717.

BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry (No. P203717). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203717 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203717 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203717},
}

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“BPOA 01, 0065 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P203717.

BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry (No. P203717). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P203717 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P203717 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0065 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P203717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P203717},
}

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