BPOA 02, 1902 (P340555)

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 109368

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) ma-na uruda
2. ki lu2-gu-la-ta
3. 2(gesz2) gur10 pil3 gir2-su{ki}-ta
4. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) gur10 sumun
5. nigin6{ki}-ta
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 3(gesz2) 6(disz) gur10 pil3
8. 2(u) gur10 sumun
9. ki gesz-sa6-ta
10. lu2-du10-ga szu ba-ti
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) ma-na [uruda]
2. ba-a szu ba-ti
3. 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na uruda
4. 4(u) 2(disz) gur10 sumun
5. ki-la2-bi 7(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2
6. ha-la-{d}ba-ba6 szu ba-ti
7. la2-ia3 1(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2
8. gesz-sa6-mu szesz sanga
9. la2-ia3 3(u) [...] gur10
10. lugal-[...]
11. mu ur-[ab]-ba ensi2

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): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 1902

[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.
history: KASKAL 15, p.1-46, 93

[Maiocchi2018Pre-Ur-III] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Manuel Molina. 2018. “Pre-Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets in the British Museum. I: Texts from the Archives of Gudea’s Dynasty.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 15: 1–46.
history: AGGT, 533

[Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 109368
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ur-abba.01.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:00:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:10	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 (068632) (068632)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109368) (BM.109368)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-271) (W_1914-0406-271)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1902 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340555.

BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry (No. P340555). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340555 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340555 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340555},
}

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TI  - BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1902 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340555.

BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry (No. P340555). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340555 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340555 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340555},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340555
LB  - CDLI:P340555
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1902 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340555
ER  -