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BPOA 01, 0106 (P205019)

Administrative tablet 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098269

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3
2. 1(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3
3. 2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
4. 4(asz) gu2 4(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
reverse
1. a2 gesz-gar-ra
2. lu2-{d}en-ki
3. szu ba-ti
4. iti GAN2-masz
5. mu en-nun-e-{d}amar-{d}suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu{ki} ba-a-hun

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 106

[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 098269
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.01.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:35:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:27:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:34:49	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056867) (056867)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.98269) (BM.98269)
British Museum Collection (W_1903-1013-200) (W_1903-1013-200)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0106 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205019.

BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry (No. P205019). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205019 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205019 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205019},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0106 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P205019.

BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry (No. P205019). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P205019 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P205019 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P205019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P205019},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P205019
M1  - 2026/2/23/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0106 artifact entry
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