BPOA 01, 0856 (P339512)

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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 107145

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. {d}szul-gi-iri-mu
3. 3(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3
4. szu-i3-li2
5. 3(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3
6. puzur4-esz18-dar
reverse
1. ku3 masz2 a-sza3-ga
2. ki lugal-ku3-zu-ta
3. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
4. mu ku3 masz a-sza3-ga szuku ensi2-ka-sze3
5. kiszib3-bi nu-zi-zi
6. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3

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)

Textual annotations

#new_text=P339512 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 1/2(disz) 1/2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 ku3-babbar kugbabbar[silver] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 {d}szul-gi-iri-mu Szulgi'irimu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 6 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 2/3(disz) 2/3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 8 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 sze sze[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 ku3 kug[silver] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 szu-i3-li2 Szu'ili[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 14 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 2/3(disz) 2/3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 16 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 18 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 19 sze sze[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 ku3 kug[silver] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 puzur4-esz18-dar Puzureszdar[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 22 ku3 kug[silver] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 masz2 masz[interest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 a-sza3-ga aszag[field] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 25 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 lugal-ku3-zu-ta Lugalkuzu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 27 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 ensi2-ka ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 29 mu mu[name] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 ku3 kug[silver] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 masz masz[interest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 a-sza3-ga aszag[field] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 33 szuku szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 34 ensi2-ka-sze3 ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 35 kiszib3-bi kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 36 nu-zi-zi zir[break] VERB V Polarity=Neg _ _ _ _ 37 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 bad3 bad[wall] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 mar-tu Martu[1] PROPN EN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 40 ba-du3 du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 856

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 107145
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Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
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
2016-07-28 at 14:14:35	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:58:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:54:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:43:09	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:54:24	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (058546) (058546)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107145) (BM.107145)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-1977) (W_1913-0416-1977)

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0856 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339512.

BPOA 01, 0856 artifact entry (No. P339512). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339512 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0856 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339512 (Accessed: September 13, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0856 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339512.

BPOA 01, 0856 artifact entry (No. P339512). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339512 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0856 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339512 (Accessed: September 13, 2025).

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