BPOA 01, 0173 (P206128)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 100313Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Dairy products for the bala, from Ur-ab-ba to Nam-mah-dBa-ba6)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) i3-nun gur sag-ak
2. 2(ban2) ga-ar3 gazi
3. 4(barig) ga-ar3
4. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
reverse
1. bala-sze3
2. nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6
3. szu ba-ti
4. giri3 nam-mah
5. iti GAN2-masz
6. mu us2-sa e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) i3-nun gur sag-ak
2. 2(ban2) ga-ar3 gazi
3. 4(barig) ga-ar3
4. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
reverse
1. bala-sze3
2. nam-mah-{d}ba-ba6
3. szu ba-ti
4. giri3 nam-mah
5. iti GAN2-masz
6. mu us2-sa e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative (Dairy products for the bala, from Ur-ab-ba to Nam-mah-dBa-ba6)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BPOA 1, 173
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 100313
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.01.00 (us2 year)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:35:20 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 11:28:12 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2008-01-03 at 20:35:41 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056950) (056950)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.100313) (BM.100313)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1905-0515-273) (W_1905-0515-273)
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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 0173 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206128.
BPOA 01, 0173 artifact entry (No. P206128). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206128 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0173 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206128 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).
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