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BPOA 01, 1506 (P340161)

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 107872

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 4(u) sa gu
2. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa gu du
3. 5(u) sa gu lugud2-da
4. gu bu3-ra gaba kar-ra2
sic DU
5. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 4(u) la2 2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
2. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu
3. 2(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
4. ugula a-gu
5. gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|) ak u4 2(disz)-kam
6. kar-ta umma{ki}-sze3
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5
8. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

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, 1506

[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 107872
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.01.02 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2011-07-22 at 14:59:50	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-17 at 16:07:48	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:55:26	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 (059223) (059223)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107872) (BM.107872)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2704) (W_1913-0416-2704)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1506 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340161.

BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry (No. P340161). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340161 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340161 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340161},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1506 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340161.

BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry (No. P340161). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340161 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340161 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1506 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340161},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P340161
M1  - 2026/3/14/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340161
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