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BPOA 02, 2667 (P209016)

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 105704

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. 1(gesz2) udu niga saga
2. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze-ta
3. 1(disz) sila3 duh saga-ta
4. 5(disz) udu niga us2
5. 1(disz) sila3 sze-ta
6. u4 2(u)-sze3
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) udu niga 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze-ta
2. 1(disz) sila3 duh saga-ta
3. u4 1(u)-sze3
4. szunigin 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
5. szunigin 6(asz) duh saga gur
6. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
7. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
8. 1(asz) udu niga saga
9. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze-ta
10. 1(disz) sila3 duh saga-ta
11. 5(disz) udu niga us2
12. 1(disz) sila3 sze-ta
13. u4 2(u)-sze3
14. 1(asz) udu niga 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze-ta
15. 1(disz) sila3 duh saga-ta
16. u4 1(u)-sze3
17. szunigin 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
18. szunigin 6(asz) duh saga gur
19. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
20. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

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, 2667

[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 105704
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.08.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:37:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:32:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:42:01	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 (057638) (057638)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.105704) (BM.105704)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-536) (W_1913-0416-536)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2667 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209016.

BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry (No. P209016). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209016 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209016 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209016},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2667 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209016.

BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry (No. P209016). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209016 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209016 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209016},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2667 artifact entry
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