BPOA 02, 1805 (P340460)

Administrative tag excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093108

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
 en: accounts,
3. sze-numun
 en: seed grain
4. u3 GAN2 uru4-a nigin-ba-bi
 en: and fields in plow, their grand totals
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
2. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3
 en: year: “The en-(priest) of Inanna by the goat was found.”

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P340460

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 093108
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 066030
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.93108
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1901-0209-725

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1805

    [Ozaki2006BPOA2] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 2. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:15 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:58:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:55 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1805 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340460.
BPOA 02, 1805 artifact entry (No. P340460). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340460 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1805 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340460 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340460},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1805 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340460.
BPOA 02, 1805 artifact entry (No. P340460). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340460 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1805 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340460 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340460},
}


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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/4/28/
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