BPOA 01, 1392 (P340047)

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 107742

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. nig2-ka9-ak lu2 <nig2>-dab5-ba-ke4-ne
 en: accounts of the requisitioners,
3. sza3 pisan a-a-kal-la ensi2-ka
 en: in the basket of Ayakalla, the governor,
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, the lands of Zabšali destroyed.”

Textual annotations

#new_text=P340047 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 nig2-ka9-ak nigSZID[account] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 lu2 lu[person] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 nig2-dab5-ba-ke4-ne nigdab[requisitions] NOUN N Number=Plur|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 5 sza3 szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 pisan bisag[basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 a-a-kal-la Ayakala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 ensi2-ka ensik[ruler] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 9 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 {d}szu-{d}suen Szusuen[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 Urim[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Erg _ _ _ _ 14 ma-da mada[land] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 za-ab-sza-li{ki} Zabszali[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 16 mu-hul n] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

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/P340047

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 107742
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059099
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.107742
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-2574

References

  • primary: BPOA 1, 1392

    [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
2025-04-07 at 18:11:10 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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
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 View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:14 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:59:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-10 at 13:03:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:16 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, 1392 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340047.
BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry (No. P340047). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340047 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340047 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340047},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 01, 1392 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340047.
BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry (No. P340047). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340047 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340047 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1392 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340047},
}


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