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BPOA 02, 2174 (P340827)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 111918

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

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 8(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
2. u4 [...]-sze3
3. a-e3-<a> {gesz}ma-[nu]-ka gub-ba
4. [ki {d}]szara2#-za-me-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 nam-ha-ni
2. iti szu-numun
some text moved to next line
3. mu puzur4-da-gan ba-du3
seal 1
1. nam-ha-ni
2. dumu ur-nigar{gar}

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, 2174

[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 111918
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.39.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	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
2016-07-28 at 14:14:52	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:01:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 12:00:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:55	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 15:52:46	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:38	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 (070771) (070771)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111918) (BM.111918)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1984) (W_1914-0404-1984)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003885.1 (composite) (P533805)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2174 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340827.

BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry (No. P340827). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340827 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340827 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340827},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2174 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340827.

BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry (No. P340827). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340827 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340827 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340827},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340827
LB  - CDLI:P340827
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2174 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340827
ER  -