BPOA 02, 2548 (P208966)

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 105353

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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tablet
obverse
1. [... zi3] sig15
2. [...] esza
3. [...] zi3 dub-dub
4. [...] 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
5. [...] 2(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g?
  manuscript ga-SIG7
6. 1(asz) kasz du gur
7. 1(asz) ninda du gur
8. 3(ban2) zu2-lum
  and gur erased
9. 5(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
10. e2 {d}szara2-sze3
11. 2(ban2) esza
12. 2(ban2) zi3-gu
13. 1(barig) zi3 sig15
14. 1(ban2) i3-nun gur-sal4-la zabar ba-an-de2
15. 2(disz) sila3 ga gazi
16. 3(ban2) zu2-lum
17. 1(disz) sila3 lal3
18. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 SZIM hi-a
19. 2(disz) giri3-lam {gesz}urumx(|UR2xU2|) 5(disz) sila3-ta
20. 3(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 3(disz) sila3-ta
21. nig2 siskur2-ra-sze3
22. 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
  RM: [n] 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
23. 1(ban2) kasz saga
reverse
1. [... kasz] du gur
2. [... ninda] du gur
3. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga
4. kasz-de2-a geme2 dumu
5. {d}gu-la umma{ki}
6. sza3 umma{ki}
7. 2(ban2) zi3 sig15
8. 2(ban2) esza
9. 3(ban2) zi3-gu
10. 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
11. 2(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g?
  manuscript ga-SIG7
12. {d}inanna zabala3{ki}
13. siskur2 lugal
14. giri3 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka sagi
15. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
16. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
17. [mu {d}]szu#-{d}suen lugal

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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 2, 2548

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 105353
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2017-10-26 at 13:20:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:32:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:40:16 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:41:34 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 02, 2548 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208966.
BPOA 02, 2548 artifact entry (No. P208966). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208966 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2548 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208966 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2548 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208966},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208966},
}

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