BPOA 01, 1443 (P340098)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 107797

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

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object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dabx(U8)?-ba a2 erin2-na-ka
en: sealed documents of dab, labor of the (labor-)troops,
3. lugal-ku3-zu nu-banda3-gu4
en: Lugal-kuzu, manager of oxen,
4. iti 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
en: (a period of) 14 months,
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5
en: from month “Harvest,”
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6. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3-ta
en: year: “Big-Stele was erected”
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
en: to month “Harvest,”
2. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul-sze3
en: year: “The lands of Zabšali were destroyed,”
3. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
en: year: “Big-Stele was erected.”

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)

Textual annotations

#new_text=P340098 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 dabx(U8)-ba dab[seize] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 a2 a[wage] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 erin2-na-ka erin[people] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 6 lugal-ku3-zu Lugalkuzu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 nu-banda3-gu4 nubandagu[ox_overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 8 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 4(disz)-kam 4(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 11 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 sze-sag11-ku5 Szesagku[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 na-ru2-a-mah naruamah[magnificent_stele] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 15 ba-du3-ta du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 sze-sag11-ku5 Szesagku[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 ma-da mada[land] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 za-ab-sza-li{ki} Zabszali[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 21 ba-hul-sze3 hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 na-ru2-a-mah naruamah[magnificent_stele] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 24 ba-du3 du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tag
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 1443

[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

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Museum No.: BM 107797
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Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.01.00
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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
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
2017-09-28 at 07:47:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-12-15 at 17:01:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:17:15	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-05-14 at 18:15:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:59:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:57:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:05	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-10 at 12:47:54	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:55:20	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 (059150) (059150)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107797) (BM.107797)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2629) (W_1913-0416-2629)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1443 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340098.

BPOA 01, 1443 artifact entry (No. P340098). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340098 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1443 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340098 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1443 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340098.

BPOA 01, 1443 artifact entry (No. P340098). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340098 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1443 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340098 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340098},
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