BPOA 02, 1840 (P340495)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 093224

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur
2. ki ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra-ta
3. lu2-{d}ur-[asar]
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. su-su-dam
2. mu si-mu-ru ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BPOA 2, 1840

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 093224
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 15:00:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:58:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:55:58 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1840 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340495.
BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry (No. P340495). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340495 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340495 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340495},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1840 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340495.
BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry (No. P340495). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340495 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340495 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340495},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340495
LB  - CDLI:P340495
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1840 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340495
ER  - 
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