BPOA 01, 0176 (P206131)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 100321

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley to buy oxen, from Lú-dUtu to Na-ba-sha6 and Ur-dBa-ba6)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) sze gur lugal
2. nig2-sa10 gu4 udu
3. sze a-sza3 du10-ga
4. ki lu2-{d}utu
5. na-ba-sa6
reverse
1. u3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. szu ba-ti-esz2
3. iti amar-a-a-si
4. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Barley to buy oxen, from Lú-dUtu to Na-ba-sha6 and Ur-dBa-ba6)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P206131

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 100321
Accession Number

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 176

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-12-17 at 17:13:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:35:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:28:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:35:43 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0176 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206131.
BPOA 01, 0176 artifact entry (No. P206131). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206131 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0176 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206131 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	month = {sep 15},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206131},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0176 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206131.
BPOA 01, 0176 artifact entry (No. P206131). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206131 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0176 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206131 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206131},
}

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PY  - 2023
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