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BPOA 02, 2597 (P208859)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105457

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur
2. la2-ia3 su-ga sag?-lum
3. ur-nigar{gar} ka-szu-du8
4. ki ur-{d}szara2 sza13?-dub-ba-ta
5. ugu2 e2-gal-e-[x]-e ba-a-gar
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-{d}MI? [x] gi x [...]
2. iti {d}dumu-zi
3. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-e2-mah
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}li9-si4-na
4. ensi2 umma{ki}-ka

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 2, 2597

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 105457
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.12.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2014-05-14 at 17:42:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:36:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:47	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (057545) (057545)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.105457) (BM.105457)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-289) (W_1913-0416-289)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002856 (composite) (P455566)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Amar-Suen.07.00.00, Šū-Suen.01.06.00

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2597 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208859.

BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry (No. P208859). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208859 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208859 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208859},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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TI  - BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2597 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208859.

BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry (No. P208859). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208859 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208859 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208859},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208859
LB  - CDLI:P208859
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2597 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208859
ER  -