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BPOA 01, 1164 (P339819)

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 107495

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. 1(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz a-[ra2 1(disz)]
2. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
3. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(u) 4(disz) kin ak
calculation: 21 × 3× 1 ÷ 4.5 = 14
ploughmen always 3 erin2, seeding ploughs always 4 erin2:
d = (a ÷ b/3) + (a ÷ c/3 x 3/2/1) = (a/b x 3) + ((a/c x 3) x 3/2/1)
if plough type1 . plough type2, then:
d = 2(a ÷ b/3) + (a ÷ c/3 x 3/2/1) etc.
4. ba-UD szuku-re ba-ab-de6
reverse
1. a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra
2. ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
3. kiszib3 nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
4. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu a-hu-du10

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, 1164

[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 107495
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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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
2017-07-11 at 11:43:35	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2014-07-29 at 19:22:45	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:58:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:56:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:43:40	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:54:54	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 (058868) (058868)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107495) (BM.107495)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2327) (W_1913-0416-2327)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004003 (composite) (P456713)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 1164 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339819.

BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry (No. P339819). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339819 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339819 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339819},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 1164 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P339819.

BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry (No. P339819). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P339819 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P339819 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P339819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P339819},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P339819
LB  - CDLI:P339819
M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - BPOA 01, 1164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P339819
ER  -