BPOA 02, 2580 (P208526)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 105426

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(ban2) sze-ba lugal
2. ur-li
3. 5(ban2) u2-a
4. 3(ban2) gu-na
5. 3(ban2) usz-ki-du10
6. 1(barig) {d}szara2-<ba>-zi-ge
7. 4(ban2) lugal-a-ni-sa6
8. 4(ban2) lugal-iti-da
9. <nar>-nita2-me
reverse
1. 3(ban2) geme2-{d}suen
2. 2(ban2) igi-ni-da-a
3. nar-munus-me
4. szunigin sze-bi 1(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur
  RM: 1(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur
5. iti sze-sag-ku5
6. sza3 anzu2{muszen}-babbar2
7. mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam kar2-har{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P208526

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105426
Accession Number

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 2580

    [Ozaki2006BPOA2] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 2. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2018-06-21 at 12:40:34 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-01-04 at 17:47:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:30:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:38:11 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 02, 2580 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208526.
BPOA 02, 2580 artifact entry (No. P208526). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208526 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2580 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208526 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208526},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2580 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208526.
BPOA 02, 2580 artifact entry (No. P208526). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208526 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2580 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208526 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2580 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208526},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208526},
}

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