BPOA 07, 2240 (P290742)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 03447

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) ad6 udu
2. 2(disz) ad6 sila4
3. giri3 sipa-e-ne
4. ki du11-ga-ta
reverse
1. ur-ku3-nun-na
2. szu ba-ti
3. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-ku3-nun-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
4. sipa na-gab2-tum

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 006186 (composite) (P458923) S006186 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290742

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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 03447
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076600
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006420
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3447

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2240

    [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. 152, NBC 03447

    [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
2025-03-03 at 12:19:55 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand 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
2011-07-22 at 14:48:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:23 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, 2240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290742.
BPOA 07, 2240 artifact entry (No. P290742). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290742 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2240 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290742 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290742.
BPOA 07, 2240 artifact entry (No. P290742). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290742 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2240 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290742 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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