BPOA 07, 2403 (P290170)

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 03644

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

53.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) ziz2 gur lugal
2. 8(disz) gurusz
3. u4 3(disz)-sze3 ki-su7-ra
4. gu2-edin-na-ta
5. ma2-a si-ga
6. u4 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
7. ma2 diri-ga
8. u4 3(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la
reverse
1. sza3 umma{ki}-ka
2. giri3 ur-{gesz}gigir
3. iti diri
4. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul
seal 1
1. a-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3

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 001779 (composite) (P454489) S001779 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290170

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 53.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 20.0 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 03644
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076758
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006619
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3644

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2403

    [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.

  • history: ENES, 0640 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 163, NBC 03644

    [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, 2403 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290170.
BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry (No. P290170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290170 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290170 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2403 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290170.
BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry (No. P290170). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290170 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290170 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290170},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P290170
LB  - CDLI:P290170
M1  - 2026/10/21/
TI  - BPOA 07, 2403 artifact entry
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