BPOA 06, 1012 (P291999)

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 00333

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

39.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. szu-nir gu2-edin-na
3. ki lugal-ezem-ta
4. a-kal-la
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti nesag
2. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
column 1
1. ur-{d}li9-si4
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. a-kal-la
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3
3. ARAD2-zu

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 005853 (composite) (P458563) S005853 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P291999

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 17.0 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 00333
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074967
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003304
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.333

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1012

    [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. 020, NBC 00333

    [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
2016-07-28 at 14:15:54 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:07 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, 1012 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291999.
BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry (No. P291999). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291999 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291999 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291999},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1012 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291999.
BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry (No. P291999). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291999 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291999 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291999},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291999},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P291999
LB  - CDLI:P291999
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291999
ER  -
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