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BPOA 02, 1894 (P340547)

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 109333

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. 2(disz) ansze 5(disz) dur3
2. 1(disz) dur3 amar ga
3. 1(disz) ansze su-su
4. 1(disz) dur3 1(disz) su-su
5. [...] gu4-ta mu igi#-zu-ta ri-a-sze3
6. [...] dub-sar erin2-ke4 su-su
7. [...]-szim-ma a-sza3 engar
8. [...] ab2-mah2 sag#? gu4-gesz
9. [...] ab2 2(disz) gesz-sze3
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. lugal-mu10-us2-sa2
2'. a-tu i3-dab5
3'. 1(disz) ab2 2(disz) gesz-sze3 sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
4'. 4(disz) gu4-gesz
5'. gub-ba-am3
6'. gu4 ur-mes-kam
7'. lugal-mu10-us2-sa2 engar
8'. ugula lu2-{d}gir16-da
9'. gu4 {d}nin-gir2-su
10'. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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:
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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, 1894

[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 109333
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	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.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:10	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:09	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (068621) (068621)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109333) (BM.109333)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-236) (W_1914-0406-236)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1894 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340547.

BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry (No. P340547). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340547 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340547 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340547},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340547},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1894 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340547.

BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry (No. P340547). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340547 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340547 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340547},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340547},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340547
LB  - CDLI:P340547
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1894 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340547
ER  -