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BPOA 02, 1989 (P340642)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 111450

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. sza3 igi-kar2
2. iti <ezem>-{d}szul-gi-ta
3. u4 2(u) la2 2(disz) ba-ra-zal-la-ta
4. ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 dingir-ra
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. dingir-ra
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 1989

[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 111450
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.10.18
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2015-12-29 at 08:47:12	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:00:55	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:26	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:24	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:19	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	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 (070332) (070332)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111450) (BM.111450)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1516) (W_1914-0404-1516)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002175 (composite) (P454885)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.35.06.00, Šū-Suen.06.00.00

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“BPOA 02, 1989 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340642.

BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry (No. P340642). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340642 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340642 (Accessed: July 18, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340642},
}

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“BPOA 02, 1989 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340642.

BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry (No. P340642). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340642 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340642 (Accessed: July 18, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340642},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340642
LB  - CDLI:P340642
M1  - 2025/7/18/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1989 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340642
ER  -

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