BPOA 01, 1788 (P340443)

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 111763

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

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tablet
obverse
1. [... gur] MU-[...]
2. [kiszib3] {d}szara2-za-me
3. [...] gur kiszib3 lu2-bala-saga
4. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}suen
5. 2(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
6. 2(asz) gur sa2-du11 da-sza-za-an sanga
7. kiszib3 a-du
reverse
1. 2(asz) gur sza3-gal udu niga
2. kiszib3 {d}nanna-hi-li-bi
3. 1(asz) gur sza3-gal udu niga
4. kiszib3 a-lu5-lu5
5. 1(asz) gur sa2-du11 {d}amar-{d}suen
6. kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar}
7. e2-kikken-gibil-ta
8. iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
9. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no seal info. given in BPOA 1

  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: BPOA 1, 1788

    [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 111763
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.03.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2016-11-10 at 10:59:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:58:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:44:14 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 15:52:42 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:53 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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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 1788 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340443.
BPOA 01, 1788 artifact entry (No. P340443). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340443 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 1788 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340443 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 1788 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340443},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340443},
}

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