BPOA 07, 1854 (P291556)

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 02886

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

46.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gurusz ugula lu2-{d}szara2
2. 1(u) gurusz ugula lugal-ma2-gur8-re
3. 8(disz) gurusz ugula igi-husz
4. 6(disz) gurusz ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
5. 5(disz) gurusz ugula ur-{d}a-szar2
6. 1(u) gurusz ugula nig2-ul-pa-e3
7. 6(disz) gurusz ugula da-da
8. 4(disz) geme2 ugula ur-{d}suen
reverse
1. 4(disz) geme2 ugula {d}szara2-za-me
2. 4(disz) geme2 ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
3. 4(disz) geme2 ugula lu2-bala-saga
4. gurum2 ak u4 1(disz)-kam
5. ka i7-da-ta umma{ki}-sze3
6. ma2 gid2-da u3 sze ba-al-la

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/P291556

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 46.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 18.0 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 02886
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076216
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005859
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2886

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1854

    [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. 123, NBC 02886

    [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 14:49:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:23:23 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, 1854 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291556.
BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry (No. P291556). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291556 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291556 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291556},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 1854 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291556.
BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry (No. P291556). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291556 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291556 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291556},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P291556
LB  - CDLI:P291556
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - BPOA 07, 1854 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291556
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