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BPOA 01, 1524 (P340179)

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 107892

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] ur-{d}nun-gal ma2-lah6
2. 2(barig) 2(ban2) {d}szara2-ba-zi-ge
3. 2(barig) lugal-uszur4
4. ad-kup4-me
5. 1(asz) gur ur-{d}er3-ra
6. 3(barig) lugal-nir-gal2 ma2-gin2
7. 1(barig) lugal-nir-gal2
8. 4(barig) ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
reverse
1. 2(barig) ur-{d}iszkur
2. 2(barig) ur-{u2}gug4
3. 2(barig) u2-li
4. giri17-dab5-me
5. 3(barig) du11-ga-ni
6. 3(barig) lugal-e2-mah-e giri17-dab5
7. 4(barig) ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
8. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
9. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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, 1524

[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 107892
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	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 14:59:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-17 at 16:03:13	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:55:28	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 (059242) (059242)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.107892) (BM.107892)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-2724) (W_1913-0416-2724)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1524 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340179.

BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry (No. P340179). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340179 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340179 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340179},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340179},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 01, 1524 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340179.

BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry (No. P340179). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340179 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340179 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1524 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340179},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340179},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/7/
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