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BPOA 01, 0057 (P317749)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 018003

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Barley flour for the temple of Amar-Sin delivered by Guzani; case unopened; seal: Ma-an-sì-na dubsar dumu Lú-kir4-zal (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) dabin gur
2. sza3 e2 {d}amar-{d}suen
3. ki gu-za-ni-ta
4. ma2 ARAD2 dumu lu2-gi-na
5. kiszib3 ma-an-szum2-na
reverse
1. iti GAN2-masz
2. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1
1. ma-an-szum2-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-giri17-zal

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Barley flour for the temple of Amar-Sin delivered by Guzani; case unopened; seal: Ma-an-sì-na dubsar dumu Lú-kir4-zal (CBT 2))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 57

[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 2, BM 018003 (Cat.)

[CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 018003
Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0263

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.01.00
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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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:51:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:40:47	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:41:02	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:49:49	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 (039633) (039633)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.18003) (BM.18003)
British Museum Collection (W_1894-1015-263) (W_1894-1015-263)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003772 (composite) (P456482)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0057 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317749.

BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry (No. P317749). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317749 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317749 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317749},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0057 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P317749.

BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry (No. P317749). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P317749 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P317749 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0057 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P317749},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P317749},
}

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