BPOA 02, 2560 (P209184)

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 105385

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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tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 2(disz) amar ab2 e2-tur3
2. 1(u) 1(disz) amar mu-kux(DU) {d}szara2
3. sza3-gal amar 1(disz)-a 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze nig2-ar3-ra du-ta
4. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze dida du-ta
5. sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi
6. 1(barig) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze nig2-ar3-ra du
7. 1(barig) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze dida du-[ta]
reverse
1. u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz)-sze3
2. sze nig2-ar3-ra du-bi
3. 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 gur
4. sze dida du-bi
5. 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 gur
6. sza3-gal amar du3-a e2-ga2?-ra2
7. ki lu2-{d}ha-ia3-ta
8. kiszib3 a-tu szusz3
9. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
reverse
1. a-tu dub-sar
2. dumu szesz-kal-la

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BPOA 2, 2560

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 105385
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2011-11-13 at 16:55:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:37:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:48 CDLI Transliteration CDLI 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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001844 (composite) (P454554) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2560 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209184.
BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry (No. P209184). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209184 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209184 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209184},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209184},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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TI  - BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2560 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P209184.
BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry (No. P209184). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209184 (Original work published 2002)
BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209184 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209184},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209184},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P209184
LB  - CDLI:P209184
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2560 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209184
ER  -
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