BPOA 07, 2607 (P303360)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 01307

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

54.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
2. 4(barig) zi3 ba-ba
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) imgaga3 igi sag-ga2
4. 1(barig) esza igi sag-ga2
5. 2(asz) 2(barig) ninda u3-duh-hu-um babbar gur
6. 1(asz) 1(barig) ninda ha-mar-ma-szum <gur>
7. 4(asz) 2(barig) ninda an-ta-gi4 gur
8. 3(disz) ninda szu-ur3-ra
9. [...] zi3-gu saga
reverse
1. 1(ban2)#? zi3-gu us2
2. 1(asz) sze sa imgaga3
3. 1(asz) sze sa gig
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze sa imgaga3 gu2-tur-tur
5. 2(barig) sze sa gu gu2-gal-gal
6. 1(barig) gu2-gal-gal ar3-ra
7. 1(barig) gu2-tur-tur ar3-ra
8. 1(barig) ar-za-na saga
9. 1(barig) nig2-ar3-ra saga
10. 3(ban2) zi3 ba-ba imgaga3
11. 3(ban2) esza dug udul2
12. nig2 gu7 lugal-kam
13. e2-a gal2-la lugal-a2-zi-da

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P303360

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 54.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

External resources

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2607

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-10-10 at 08:07:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration McGrath, William CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-10-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2607 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303360.
BPOA 07, 2607 artifact entry (No. P303360). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303360 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2607 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303360 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2607 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303360.
BPOA 07, 2607 artifact entry (No. P303360). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303360 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2607 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303360 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303360},
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