BPOA 02, 1885 (P340538)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109136

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) 5(disz) u8 2(u) 4(disz) udu-gal
2. 3(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
3. 1(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
4. 3(u) 1(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
5. 5(disz) masz2 sag
6. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 2(u) ma-na
7. na-ba-sa6 2(asz) 4(barig)
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) u8
9. 3(u) 7(disz) udu-nita2
10. 2(u) 1(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
11. 4(u) 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
1 line blank
12. masz2 sag
13. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na
14. ur-e2-an-na 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
15. 5(u) la2 1(disz) u8
16. 3(u) udu-gal
17. 3(u) udu-nita2
18. 2(u) la2 2(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
1 line blank
19. sila4 nu-ur4
20. siki-bi 4(asz) gu2 5(u) ma-na
column 2
1. ug3-IL2 2(gesz2) 5(disz)
2. 2(u) 3(disz) u8 1(disz) u8 bar-mu2-babbar
3. 3(disz) udu-gal 1(u) udu-nita2
4. 1(u) sila4 ba-ur4
5. 1(u) sila4 nu-ur4
6. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) ma-na
7. ur-i7 nigin6{ki}-sze3-du 5(u) 7(disz)
8. u4 1(disz)-kam
9. 3(u) 2(disz) u8 1(u) udu-gal
10. 3(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2
11. 5(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
12. 2(u) la2 2(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
13. siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 5(u) [...] ma-na
14. bi2-du11-i3-sa6 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz)
15. 2(u) 4(disz) u8 8(disz) udu-gal
16. 1(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2
17. 7(disz) sila4 ba-ur4
18. 1(u) 4(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
19. siki-bi 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 2(disz) ma-na
20. ha-ba-lu5-ge2 1(gesz2) 7(disz)
21. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-gal
reverse
(rev. mostly illegible))
1. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

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):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 1885

[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 109136
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:00:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:07	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 (068499) (068499)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109136) (BM.109136)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-39) (W_1914-0406-39)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1885 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340538.

BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (No. P340538). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340538 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340538 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340538},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1885 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340538.

BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (No. P340538). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340538 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340538 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340538},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P340538
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1885 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340538
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