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NBC 00805 (P292223)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 00805

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

23.0 mm × 21.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 23.0 high × 21.0 wide × 12.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Yale Messenger, 357

[McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
citation: CBCY 3, p. 044, NBC 00805

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 00805
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.11.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (075375) (075375)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-003776) (BC-003776)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.805) (NBC.805)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 00805 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292223.

NBC 00805 artifact entry (No. P292223). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292223 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00805 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292223 (Accessed: April 5, 2026).

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	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NBC 00805 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292223},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292223},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 00805 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292223.

NBC 00805 artifact entry (No. P292223). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292223 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00805 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292223 (Accessed: April 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NBC 00805 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292223},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292223},
}

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