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BPOA 01, 0013 (P315660)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 012898

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for 12 gur of bitumen. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) esir2 E2-A dug gur-TUL2-sze3
GUR DUG TUL2
2. e2-gal-sze3
3. e2 ur-dun-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 gu-gu-a
2. iti munu4-gu7
3. mu en [{d}inanna] masz-[e i3-pa3]
seal 1
1. gu-gu-a [...]
2. [...]

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 (Receipt for 12 gur of bitumen. (CBT 1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 13

[Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
history: CBT 1, BM 12898

[Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

catalogue entry

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012898
Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0090

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.05.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2013-06-13 at 11:43:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:51:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:40:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:41:00	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:49:43	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (052086) (052086)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0326-90) (W_1896-0326-90)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315660.

BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry (No. P315660). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315660 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315660 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315660},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0013 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P315660.

BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry (No. P315660). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315660 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315660 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315660},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P315660
LB  - CDLI:P315660
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P315660
ER  -