BPOA 01, 0253 (P206589)

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 100587

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley from Lú-dNin-gír-su to Lú-dGish-bar-è)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun {gesz}gaba-tab-sze3
3. i3-dub uru11{ki}-ta
4. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ta
5. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. a-sza3 ambar lagasz{ki}
3. iti mu-szu-du8
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi

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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, 253

    [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 100587
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.09.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2015-08-07 at 11:03:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:35:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:29:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:37:01 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, 0253 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206589.
BPOA 01, 0253 artifact entry (No. P206589). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206589 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0253 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206589 (Accessed: May 29, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206589},
}


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