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BPOA 01, 1488 (P340143)

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 107850

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

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) dug 3(ban2)-ta
2. zi3-gu ha-mar-ma-szum se-ge4-de3
3. ki inim-{d}szara2-ta
4. kiszib3 ku3-{d}nin-ur4-ra
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
seal 1
1. ku3-{d}nin-ur4-ra
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-silim

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BPOA 1, 1488

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 107850
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 14:59:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-17 at 16:37:37 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:25 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002676 (composite) (P455386) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 1488 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340143.
BPOA 01, 1488 artifact entry (No. P340143). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340143 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1488 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340143 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340143},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340143},
}


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