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BPOA 02, 1938 (P340591)

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 109457

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 2(ban2) ninda du gur
2. zi-ga
3. lu2-{d}pa-bil-sag
4. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim
6. dumu lugal-sa6-ga
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu us2-sa ma2 dara4 abzu ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ig-alim
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-sa6-ga

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, 1938

[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 109457
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.04.15 (us2 year)
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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 15:00:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:23	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:13	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 (068712) (068712)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.109457) (BM.109457)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0406-360) (W_1914-0406-360)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004928 (composite) (P457638)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1938 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340591.

BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry (No. P340591). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340591 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340591 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340591},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340591},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1938 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340591.

BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry (No. P340591). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340591 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340591 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340591},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340591},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340591
LB  - CDLI:P340591
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1938 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340591
ER  -