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BPOA 02, 2178 (P340831)

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 111922

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze ku3-ga-ni
2. ugula sza3-bi
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) inim-{d}inanna
4. ugula ur-{d}dumu-zi
5. 1(barig) 2(ban2) n sila3 ad-da
6. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
reverse
1. 1(barig) 2(ban2) a-kal-la
2. ugula ma2-gur8-re
3. szu sze lugal
4. sze {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2 bala-a gar-ra
5. dumu gudu4 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka
6. ugula ur-mes
7. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 2178

[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 111922
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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 15:01:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 12:00:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:40	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 (070775) (070775)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111922) (BM.111922)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1988) (W_1914-0404-1988)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2178 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340831.

BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry (No. P340831). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340831 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340831 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340831},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2178 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340831.

BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry (No. P340831). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340831 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340831 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340831},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340831
LB  - CDLI:P340831
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2178 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340831
ER  -