BPOA 01, 0720 (P339376)

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 107002

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

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tablet
obverse
1. bala im-ma su-ga-ta
 en: From the bala(-obligation) of the last year that was repaid
2. gi-zi ze2-de3
 en: to cut fresh reeds
3. usz-mu
 en: Ušĝu
4. ensi2-ke4
 en: the governor
5. a2 in-da-ag2
 en: ordered,
6. gi-zi-bi
 en: (but) these fresh reeds
reverse
1. nu-un-ze2
 en: he did not cut.
2. 1(szar'u) sa gi-zi
 en: 36,000 bundles of fresh reed:
3. im ba-a-sze-en6 ba-hul
 en: rain fell (and) they were destroyed.
4. usz-mu en3-bi nu-un-tar
 en: Ušĝu did not make an inquiry,
5. ga2-la bi2-in-dag
 en: he neglected that.
6. inim ensi2-ka-ke4
 en: The command of the governor
7. gesz la-ba-an-tuku-am3
 en: he did not obey;
8. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
 en: year following: “Šū-Suen, the king, the wall of Martu erected.”
seal 1
1. usz-mu
 en: Ušĝu,
2. dub-sar
 en: the scribe,
3. dumu lugal-s[a6-ga]
 en: son of Lugal-saga.

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 1, 720

    [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: Fs Milano (pp. 319-335), 327

    [Molina2016FsMilano] Molina, Manuel. 2016. “Cases on Malpractice by Provincial Officers at Umma.” In Libiamo Ne’ Lieti Calici: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Lucio Milano on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends, 346:319–35. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Münster.

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-19 at 15:49:01 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity 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
2019-12-03 at 13:03:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:57:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:54:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:54:10 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 005503.9 (composite) (P534096) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 01, 0720 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339376.
BPOA 01, 0720 artifact entry (No. P339376). (2024, July 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339376 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 01, 0720 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339376 (Accessed: December 12, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0720 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P339376},
}


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