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BPOA 02, 2389 (P341044)

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 112144

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. 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ma2 usz-gu-la gul-la
3. ki ur-sukkal-ta
4. giri3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
5. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da
6. a-ra2 2(disz)-<kam ba-ku4?>
reverse
double ruling
seal 1
column 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2 umma{ki}
3. lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. dumu ur-{d}isztaran
3. ARAD2-zu

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, 2389

[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 112144
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.36.00.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 15:01:53	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 12:01:49	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:57:01	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 (070997) (070997)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.112144) (BM.112144)
The British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-2210) (W_1914-0404-2210)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005864 (composite) (P458574)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 2389 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P341044.

BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry (No. P341044). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P341044 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P341044 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P341044},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P341044},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 02, 2389 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P341044.

BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry (No. P341044). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P341044 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P341044 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P341044},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P341044},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P341044
LB  - CDLI:P341044
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - BPOA 02, 2389 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P341044
ER  -