BPOA 01, 0002 (P315528)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 012450

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of cloth delivered during the 48th and 49th years of Åulgi. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] siki ma-na
2. [...]
3. ba-la2
4. 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki la2-ia3
5. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
6. 2(u) 3(asz) gu2 5(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na
7. sag-<nig2>-gur11-[ra-kam]
reverse
1. ba-la2
2. 3(asz) gu2 5(u) 6(disz) ma-na la2-ia3
3. mu ha-ar-szi{ki}
4. [...] la2-ia3 na-gab2-tum
5. [...] siki gu-la i3-gal2

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Record of cloth delivered during the 48th and 49th years of Åulgi. (CBT 1))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: BPOA 1, 2

    [Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 12450

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo H. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    catalogue entry


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 012450
  • Accession No.: 1895-12-14, 0062

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-02-21 at 09:28:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:40:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:41 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 0002 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315528.
BPOA 01, 0002 artifact entry (No. P315528). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315528 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315528 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315528},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P315528},
}

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