BPOA 07, 2431 (P290261)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 04189

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

43.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) {gi}kid szer7-um
2. ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) sar-ta
3. 6(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 gi-musz
4. kasz-de2-a kar2#?-de3
5. ki lu2-igi-sa6-sa6-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
2. iti pa4-u2-e
  some text moved to next line
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-silim

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004115.4 (composite) (P533849) S004115.4 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290261

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 04189
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076848
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-007165
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.4189

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2431

    [Sigrist2009BPOA7] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 7. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: JCS 02 (pp. 165-202), 168 NBC 4189

    [Goetze1948JCS2ReedMats] Goetze, Albrecht. 1948. “Umma Texts Concerning Reed Mats.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 2 (3): 165–202. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359408.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 168, NBC 04189

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-11 at 09:14:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:41:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:21:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2431 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290261.
BPOA 07, 2431 artifact entry (No. P290261). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290261 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2431 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290261 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2431 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290261.
BPOA 07, 2431 artifact entry (No. P290261). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290261 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2431 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290261 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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