BPOA 01, 0600 (P339256)

Legal 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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106878

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) musz-ki-num2 szar2-ra-ab-du a-sza3-ga
2. 1(disz) gu-du-bi
3. 1(disz) an-ne2-ba-ab-du7
4. 1(disz) nam-ha-ni
5. 1(disz) a-NE-GAN2
6. kab2-ku5 muru13-ka-kam
7. ku5-da bi2-in-esz-a-na-na
reverse
1. kab2-ku5 {gesz}asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)
2. u3 eme sig-ga-ka
  Wilcke RAI 53 (2010) 25 n. 95 kab2-<ku5> sig?-ga ka
3. nu-bi2-in-esz-a
4. ur-{gesz}gigir-ra
5. nam-erim2-bi ku5-dam
6. igi# ensi2-ka-sze3
7. igi a-mu-a-sze3
8. igi lu2-dingir-ra dumu lugal-ba-ta-ab-e3-sze3
9. igi da-ad-da-mu-sze3
10. igi i3-da-mu-sze3
left
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
  some text moved to next line
2. mu us2-sa en {d}nanna ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P339256

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 106878
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 058286
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.106878
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-1710

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 600

    [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
2011-07-22 at 14:57:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:52:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:53:56 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 Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0600 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339256.
BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry (No. P339256). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339256 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339256 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339256},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 0600 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339256.
BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry (No. P339256). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339256 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339256 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339256},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P339256
LB  - CDLI:P339256
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0600 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P339256
ER  -
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