BPOA 02, 1928 (P340581)

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 109441

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 9(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub kun i7 du10-gal-ta
3. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. da-da dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. mu si-mu-ru-um
3. lu-lu-bu a-ra2
4. 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

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  • primary: BPOA 2, 1928

    [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 109441
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:12 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1928 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340581.
BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry (No. P340581). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340581 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340581 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340581},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 1928 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340581.
BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry (No. P340581). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340581 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340581 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340581},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340581
LB  - CDLI:P340581
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1928 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340581
ER  - 
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