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BPOA 01, 0956 (P339612)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 107259

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

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) gurusz engar 1(asz) 4(barig) gur-ta
2. 1(u) gurusz sza3-gu4 1(asz) gur-ta
3. 1(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 szu-gi4 4(barig) 2(ban2)
4. ki-su7 gu-la a-sza3 la2-mah-ta
5. ki lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta
3. iti dal-sze3
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. lugal-e2-mah-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu inim-{d}szara2
4. sa12-du5-ka

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 956

[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 107259
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.01.00, Amar-Suen.08.05.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.08.01.00 to Amar-Suen.08.05.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2011-07-22 at 14:58:24	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:55:22	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:43:14	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:54:35	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 (058650) (058650)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107259) (BM.107259)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2091) (W_1913-0416-2091)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003412.4 (composite) (P533681)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0956 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339612.

BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry (No. P339612). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339612 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339612 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339612},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339612},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 0956 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339612.

BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry (No. P339612). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339612 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339612 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339612},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339612},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P339612
M1  - 2026/1/12/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0956 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P339612
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