BPOA 07, 2400 (P290167)

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 03640

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

52.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4
2. ugula da-du-mu
3. 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4
4. ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
5. 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4
6. ugula i7-pa-e3
7. 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4
8. ugula lugal-ku3-zu
9. 1(u) 9(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4
10. ugula lugal-nesag-e
11. [... gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4]
12. [ugula ...]
reverse
1. [... gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4]
2. ugula i3-kal-la
3. 6(disz) nu-{gesz}kiri6 ugula ur-{d}[...]
4. 6(disz) nu-{gesz}kiri6 ugula a-gu-du
5. 4(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz) ugula ur-sa6
6. 1(u) geme2 ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
7. 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 ugula lu2-bala-saga
8. 1(gesz2) 4(disz) geme2 4(disz) dumu ugula#
9. ugula ur-{d}nin-tu
10. 3(u) la2 2(disz) iri-ta e3-a
11. gurum2 ak u4 7(disz)-kam
12. ki-su7 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
13. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
left
1. mu us2-sa gu-za

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/P290167

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 22.0 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 03640
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076755
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006615
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3640

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2400

    [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: CBCY 3, p. 163, NBC 03640

    [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
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
2011-07-22 at 14:47:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:21:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2400 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290167.
BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry (No. P290167). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290167 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290167 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290167},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290167},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2400 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290167.
BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry (No. P290167). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290167 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290167 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290167},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290167},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P290167
LB  - CDLI:P290167
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BPOA 07, 2400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P290167
ER  -
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