BPOA 02, 1943 (P340596)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109462

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
2. bala-sze3
3. ki ur-e2-[...-ta]
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}[utu]
reverse
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}utu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003311 (composite) (P456021) S003311 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P340596

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 109462
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 068717
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.109462
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0406-365

References

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1943

    [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.

  • citation: Fs Foster (pp. 185-202), 190

    [Garfinkle2010FsFoster] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2010. “Merchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamia.” In Opening the Tablet Box : Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, 42:185–202. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden : Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-23 at 14:24:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-23 at 14:17:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:00:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:44:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:13 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1943 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P340596.
BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry (No. P340596). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340596 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340596 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340596},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340596},
}


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DA  - 2024/9/23/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1943 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P340596.
BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry (No. P340596). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340596 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340596 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340596},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340596},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P340596
LB  - CDLI:P340596
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1943 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340596
ER  -
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