BPOA 01, 0269 (P206604)

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 100629

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text Messenger tablet)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
2. ur-{d}en-ki lu2 kas4
reverse
1. szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
2. iti munu4-gu7

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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, 269

    [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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  • 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
2011-07-22 at 14:35:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:29:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:37:10 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, 0269 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206604.
BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry (No. P206604). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206604 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206604 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206604},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/15/
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TI  - BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0269 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206604.
BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry (No. P206604). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206604 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206604 (Accessed: December 5, 2025).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206604},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P206604
LB  - CDLI:P206604
M1  - 2025/12/5/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0269 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206604
ER  - 
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