BPOA 01, 0678 (P339334)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 106959Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) i3-nun du10-ga gesz-gal-gal
2. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) i3-gesz gur
4. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 i3-szah2 gur
5. 5(asz) 2(barig) SZIM du gur
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga gazi
7. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ga gazi al-hul-a
8. 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
reverse
1. 6(asz) 3(barig) ga-UD@g al-hul-a gur#
2. 2(asz) gu2 3(disz) ma-na SZIM#? [...]
3. 5(disz) ma-na nig2-U-nu-a siki-ud5
4. [...] 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur
5. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur
6. 1(u) 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na duh gesz-i3-ka
7. 2(ban2) {gesz}urumx(|UR2xU2|)?
8. 1(u) 2(asz) {gesz}ge6-par4 had2 gur
9. 5(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur had2
10. 3(u) 5(asz) gu2 im-babbar2
11. 3(asz) 1(barig) naga gur
12. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) gu2 esir2 gul-gul
13. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
left
1. ugu2 {d}szara2-kam ga2-ga2-dam
2. mu ma2 {d}en-ki [ba]-ab#-du8
obverse
1. 1(ban2) i3-nun du10-ga gesz-gal-gal
2. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) i3-gesz gur
4. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 i3-szah2 gur
5. 5(asz) 2(barig) SZIM du gur
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga gazi
7. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ga gazi al-hul-a
8. 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
reverse
1. 6(asz) 3(barig) ga-UD@g al-hul-a gur#
2. 2(asz) gu2 3(disz) ma-na SZIM#? [...]
3. 5(disz) ma-na nig2-U-nu-a siki-ud5
4. [...] 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur
5. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur
6. 1(u) 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na duh gesz-i3-ka
7. 2(ban2) {gesz}urumx(|UR2xU2|)?
8. 1(u) 2(asz) {gesz}ge6-par4 had2 gur
9. 5(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur had2
10. 3(u) 5(asz) gu2 im-babbar2
11. 3(asz) 1(barig) naga gur
12. 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) gu2 esir2 gul-gul
13. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
left
1. ugu2 {d}szara2-kam ga2-ga2-dam
2. mu ma2 {d}en-ki [ba]-ab#-du8
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BPOA 1, 678
[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.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 106959
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:57:41 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 11:53:45 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2008-01-03 at 20:54:06 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (058367) (058367)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106959) (BM.106959)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-1791) (W_1913-0416-1791)
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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 0678 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339334.
BPOA 01, 0678 artifact entry (No. P339334). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339334 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0678 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339334 (Accessed: August 22, 2025).
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