BPOA 02, 1820 (P340475)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093134

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2
2. e2-gal-la ba-kux(KWU147)
reverse
  blank space
1. zi-ga
2. {d}szara2-i3-sa6

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    sealed ?

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  • primary: BPOA 2, 1820

    [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.

  • history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 63

    [Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.

  • history: AGGT, 145

    [Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

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  • Museum No.: BM 093134
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2016-09-21 at 08:58:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-08-17 at 12:45:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:58:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:57 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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CDLI Notes:

Wrong museum number given, BPOA 2 1820 = BM 093134 (not BM 093135).

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1820 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340475.
BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry (No. P340475). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340475 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340475 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340475},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1820 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340475.
BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry (No. P340475). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340475 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340475 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1820 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340475},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340475},
}

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