BPOA 01, 0187 (P206546)

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 100337

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of small cattle in Girsu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(szar2) [4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 6(disz)] u8
2. 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 8(disz) udu-nita2
3. 5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) sila4
4. 4(gesz2) 3(u) masz2
reverse
1. szunigin 4(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)
2. udu gi gub-ba
3. sza3 gir2-su{ki}

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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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  • primary: BPOA 1, 187

    [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 100337
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:35:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:29:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:36:32 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 0187 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206546.
BPOA 01, 0187 artifact entry (No. P206546). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206546 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0187 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206546 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0187 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206546},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206546},
}


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