BPOA 01, 1085 (P339740)

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 107412

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)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. zi-ga sze
 en: credits of barley,
3. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
4. iti ezem-{d}amar-{d}suen-ta u4 2(u) 4(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal-la-ta
 en: from the month “Festival-of-Amar-Suen,” 24th day passed,
reverse
1. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} mu-hul-ta
 en: year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Šaššurum destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P339740

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 107412
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 058787
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.107412
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-2244

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 1085

    [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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:58:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:55:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:54:48 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, 1085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339740.
BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry (No. P339740). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339740 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339740 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339740},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 1085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339740.
BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry (No. P339740). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339740 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339740 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1085 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339740},
}


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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P339740
M1  - 2026/5/18/
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