BPOA 02, 1909 (P340562)
Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 109400Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2 zi-zi
en: things for credits,
3. bala 2(disz)?-kam
en: 2nd bala,
4. i3-dub
en: silos,
rest broken
reverse
1. mu kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)#?-kam-asz ba-hul
en: year: “Karhar for the 3rd time was destroyed,”
2. u3
en: and
text moved to next line
3. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza-an-na ba-an-tuku
en: year: “The princess to the governor of Anšan was married.”
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2 zi-zi
en: things for credits,
3. bala 2(disz)?-kam
en: 2nd bala,
4. i3-dub
en: silos,
rest broken
reverse
1. mu kar2-har{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)#?-kam-asz ba-hul
en: year: “Karhar for the 3rd time was destroyed,”
2. u3
en: and
text moved to next line
3. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza-an-na ba-an-tuku
en: year: “The princess to the governor of Anšan was married.”
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)
- Artifact type: Tag
- Material: Clay
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Seal information:
sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BPOA 2, 1909
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 109400
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.30.00.00, Šulgi.33.00.00 ?
- Alternative Years:
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- Accounting Period: Šulgi.30.00.00 to Šulgi.33.00.00 ?
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2016-12-15 at 17:01:48 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:17:17 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 15:00:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 11:59:14 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2008-01-03 at 20:56:10 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Transliteration | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (068662) (068662)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109400) (BM.109400)
- British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-303) (W_1914-0406-303)
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Cite this Artifacts
“BPOA 02, 1909 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340562.
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (No. P340562). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340562 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
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year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BPOA 02, 1909 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340562},
}
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