BPOA 02, 1960 (P340613)

Letter 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 109497

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. su-su
2. u3 ur-{d}nun-gal-ra
3. u3-ne-du11
4. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
5. sze-numun a-sza3 NIM-e-gar-ra-sze3
reverse
1. lugal-iri-da
2. ha-na-ab-szum2-mu
3. kiszib3 ur-mes nu-banda3-gu4
4. szu ha-ba-ab-ti

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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  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BPOA 2, 1960

    [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 109497
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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 15:00:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:59:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:44:24 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:14 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, 1960 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340613.
BPOA 02, 1960 artifact entry (No. P340613). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340613 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 1960 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340613 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1960 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340613},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340613},
}


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