BPOA 02, 2257 (P340911)

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 112003

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
2. sze ninda nig2-gal2-la
3. {d}da-lagasz{ki}
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
5. sze u4-de3 gid2-da zabala3{ki}
  collation zabala3{ki} not zabala3-ma G. Marchesi
6. ki ur-{d}nun-gal
reverse
1. gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra
2. 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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    sealed ?; no mention of seal in BPOA 2

  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: BPOA 2, 2257

    [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 112003
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-10-05 at 09:33:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:01:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 12:00:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:45:02 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:56:46 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340911.
BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry (No. P340911). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340911 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340911 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340911},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340911},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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ID  - P340911
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M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 2257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P340911.
BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry (No. P340911). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340911 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340911 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340911},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340911},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P340911
LB  - CDLI:P340911
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340911
ER  - 
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