BPOA 06, 1392 (P291887)

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 00972

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

42.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(barig) 1(ban2) esir2 E2-A
2. e2 kikken2-a-ke4 ba-ab-su
3. ki a-gu-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lugal-nir
2. iti e2 iti-6(disz)
3. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. lugal-nir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. sza13-dub-ba-ka

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 003644.2 (composite) (P533753) S003644.2 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P291887

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 42.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 14.0 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 00972
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075531
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003943
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.972

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1392

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 052, NBC 00972

    [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 14:49:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:00 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 06, 1392 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291887.
BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry (No. P291887). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291887 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291887 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1392 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291887.
BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry (No. P291887). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291887 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291887 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291887},
}


TY  - ELEC
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PY  - 2023
ID  - P291887
LB  - CDLI:P291887
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1392 artifact entry
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