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BPOA 02, 2679 (P340513)

Letter tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106907

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 2(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
2. sze-ba giri3-se3-ga {d}nin-e2-gal-ka
3. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
4. ugula a-hi-ma
5. ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
reverse
1. ba-zi
2. sze gesz he2-eb-ra-ra
3. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-a-bi

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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 2679

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 106907
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Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2016-07-14 at 17:17:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:00:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:58:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:00	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 (058315) (058315)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106907) (BM.106907)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-1739) (W_1913-0416-1739)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2679 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340513.

BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry (No. P340513). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340513 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340513 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340513},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2679 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340513.

BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry (No. P340513). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340513 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340513 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2679 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340513},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/7/
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