BPOA 02, 2473 (P341129)

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 112233

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. e2 {d}amar-{d}suen-<<ke4>>-ka gub-ba
3. ugula {d}szara2-za-me
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
3. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru{ki} a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu
  (accoring to Mayr)

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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  • primary: BPOA 2, 2473

    [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 112233
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-07-06 at 09:19:03 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-07-06 at 09:15:03 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2022-04-10 at 09:09:08 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:57:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:02:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 12:02:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:45:24 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:57:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005907.5 (composite) (P534130) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 02, 2473 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P341129.
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (No. P341129). (2025, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P341129 (Accessed: July 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 6},
	title = {BPOA 02, 2473 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P341129},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P341129},
}


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