BPOA 01, 0586 (P339242)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106864

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba w/ gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. e2 szu-szum2-ma
 en: house of consignments,
3. nig2-gur11 ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2 umma
 en: property of Ur-Lisi, the governor of Umma
4. u3 dam dumu-na
 en: and his wife and children,
5. nig2-gur11 {d}szul-gi-ra
 en: property of Šulgi,
reverse
1. giri3 sza3-ta-ku3-zu sukkal
 en: via Šatakuzu, the messenger,
2. u3 nig2-gur11 bar-ra
 en: and property of outside,
3. gaba-ri kiszib3-ba ba-ba-ti
 en: copies of sealed tablets of Babati,
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
5. iti {d}dumu-zi
 en: month “Dumuzi,”
6. mu en eridu{ki}
 en: year: “The en-(priest) of Eridu.”

Textual annotations

#new_text=P339242 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 e2 e[house] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 szu-szum2-ma szuszuma[consignment] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 4 nig2-gur11 nigGA[property] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 ur-{d}li9-si4 Urlisi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ensi2 ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 umma Umma[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 8 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 9 dam dam[spouse] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 dumu-na dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 11 nig2-gur11 nigGA[property] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 {d}szul-gi-ra Szulgir[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 13 giri3 giri[foot] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 sza3-ta-ku3-zu Szatakuzu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 sukkal sukkal[secretary] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 16 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 17 nig2-gur11 nigGA[property] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 bar-ra bar[outside] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 19 gaba-ri gabari[copy] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 kiszib3-ba kiszib[seal] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 21 ba-ba-ti Babati[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 22 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 {d}dumu-zi Dumuzi[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 en en[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 eridu{ki} Eridug[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba w/ gaba-ri)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P339242

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 106864
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 058272
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.106864
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-1696

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 586

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-05-18 at 11:46:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:10 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:57:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:52:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:42:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:53:54 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0586 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339242.
BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry (No. P339242). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339242 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339242 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339242},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339242},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0586 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339242.
BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry (No. P339242). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339242 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339242 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339242},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339242},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P339242
LB  - CDLI:P339242
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0586 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P339242
ER  -
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