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BPOA 02, 1846 (P340501)

Administrative tablet 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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093237

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
2. ku3 bala-sze3
3. ki ur-gu2-en-na-<ta>
4. kiszib3 ur-sa6-ga
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
2. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-sa6-ga
2. dumu e2-ki
3. dam-gar3

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
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 1846

[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.
citation: Fs Foster (pp. 185-202), 189

[Garfinkle2010FsFoster] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2010. “Merchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamia.” In Opening the Tablet Box : Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, 42:185–202. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden : Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 093237
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.06.00
Alternative Years:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-23 at 14:24:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-23 at 14:17:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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
2013-07-03 at 19:03:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:00:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:58:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:17	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:55:59	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 (066151) (066151)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.93237) (BM.93237)
British Museum Collection (W_1901-0209-854) (W_1901-0209-854)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004668 (composite) (P457378)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1846 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P340501.

BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry (No. P340501). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340501 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340501 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340501},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340501},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1846 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P340501.

BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry (No. P340501). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340501 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340501 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340501},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340501},
}

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