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BPOA 01, 0064 (P206530)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 086039

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 2(u) sa gi SZID
2. ugula a2-sa6-ga
3. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
4. 1(gesz2) 2(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. ugula lu2-{d}ba-ba6
6. iti munu4-gu7
7. 2(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. ugula lugal-eridu{ki}-sze3
9. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
reverse
1. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ugula lugal-eridu{ki}-sze3
3. iti mu-szu-du7
4. 1(gesz2) 6(asz) 1/2(asz) gu2 gi-zi
5. kiszib3 amar-szuba3
6. 3(u) 8(asz) 1/2(asz) gu2 kiszib3 lu2-{d}kal-kal
7. 1(u) gu2 si-du3
8. ugula al-la-di
9. iti munu4-gu7

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, 64

[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 086039
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.03.00, 00.00.05.00, 00.00.06.00, 00.00.09.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 00.00.03.00 to 00.00.09.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2017-02-26 at 13:24:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:35:39	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:29:03	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:26	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:36:24	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

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (056817) (056817)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.86039) (BM.86039)
The British Museum Collection (W_1899-0417-59) (W_1899-0417-59)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0064 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206530.

BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry (No. P206530). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206530 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206530 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206530},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206530},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0064 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206530.

BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry (No. P206530). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206530 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206530 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206530},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206530},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P206530
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0064 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206530
ER  -