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BPOA 02, 1890 (P340543)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109324

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
1. 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 5(u) 7(disz) udu ri-ri-ga
2. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) la2-ia3
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 8(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) sza3 ri-ri-ga-ta
5. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) la2-ia3
6. su-su-dam
7. 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) [udu] ri-ri-ga
8. du11-ga-[zi-da]
reverse
1. 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz)# [udu] ri-[ri-ga]
2. 8(gesz2) 3(disz) [la2-ia3]
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) sza3 [ri]-ri-ga-ta
5. 8(gesz2) 3(disz) la2-ia3
6. su-su-dam
7. 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 3(u) la2 2(disz) ri-ri-ga
8. szar-ru-um-i3-li2
9. udu gukkal su-su-dam ri-ri-ga
10. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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, 1890

[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 109324
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2011-07-22 at 15:00:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:08	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 (068617) (068617)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109324) (BM.109324)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-227) (W_1914-0406-227)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1890 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340543.

BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry (No. P340543). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340543 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340543 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340543},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1890 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340543.

BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry (No. P340543). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340543 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340543 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340543},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340543
LB  - CDLI:P340543
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1890 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340543
ER  -