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BPOA 01, 1364 (P340019)

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 107713

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 3(disz) sa szum2
3. lu2-{d}nanna gaba-asz
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2
6. pa4-a-pa4-a ka-us2
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz
reverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2
2. ga-la-ab-e2-a gaba-ta
3. szunigin 1(disz) dug dida szunigin 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga
4. szunigin 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3
5. szunigin 6(disz) gin2 naga szunigin 5(disz) sa szum2
6. 4(disz) 5(disz)-kam
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5
8. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e in-pa3

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 (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 1364

[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 107713
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.01.05
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:59:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:57:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:55:12	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (059071) (059071)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107713) (BM.107713)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2545) (W_1913-0416-2545)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1364 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340019.

BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry (No. P340019). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340019 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340019 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340019},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1364 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340019.

BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry (No. P340019). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340019 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340019 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1364 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340019},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P340019
M1  - 2026/3/8/
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