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BPOA 02, 2605 (P208887)

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 105471

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 2(u) gu2 {gesz}u2-bil2-la
2. mu {gesz}ig nig2-<gu3>-de2-a
3. ge6-par4 e2 ga-esz{ki}-ka-sze3
4. gesz-kin-ti ku4?-ra
5. ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ka-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 a-a-mu
2. giri3 szu-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
1 line blank
3. iti ki-siki {d}nin-a-zu
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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, 2605

[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 105471
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.04.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:36:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:32:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:46	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:40:54	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (057554) (057554)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.105471) (BM.105471)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-303) (W_1913-0416-303)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2605 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208887.

BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry (No. P208887). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208887 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208887 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208887},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2605 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208887.

BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry (No. P208887). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208887 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208887 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2605 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208887},
}

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