BPOA 06, 1197 (P292392)

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 00626

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

51.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz ge6 du
3. 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
4. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
5. 2(disz) sila3 esza
6. 1/2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
reverse
1. sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-a-kam
2. u4 5(u)-sze3
3. sze-bi 4(asz) gur
4. zu2-lum-bi 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
5. nig2-gur11 gal2-la-bi ib2-ta-zi
6. u4-de3 gid2-da bara2 gir13-gesz{ki}
7. ka-ku3 su-su-dam
8. mu ka-ku3-sze3 kiszib3 ur-dun [gudu4]
9. {d}nin-hur-sag-gu-la i3-gal2
10. mu 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam mu en masz2-e i3-pa3-ta
11. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2-sze3
seal 1
1. ur-dun
2. dumu mu-mu
3. gudu4 {d}nin-hur-sag

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.43.00.00 to Amar-Suen.03.00.00

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004412 (composite) (P457122) S004412 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292392

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 51.0 mm × 43.0 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 00626
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075216
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003597
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.626

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1197

    [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. 035, NBC 00626

    [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
2023-06-27 at 09:22:17 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 14:49:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:34 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, 1197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292392.
BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (No. P292392). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292392},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292392.
BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (No. P292392). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292392},
}


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