BPOA 06, 1229 (P292428)

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 00665

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

40.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz
 en: 11 male laborers,
2. 1(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
 en: 1 male laborer, 1/2,
3. 2(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)
 en: 2 male laborers, 2/3,
4. iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
 en: for 13 months,
5. a2-bi 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 5005 workdays;
  calculation: (11 + 1/2 + 4/3) × (13 × 30) = 5005
6. 1(disz) mu-mu bahar3
 en: 1: Mumu, the potter,
7. iti 4(disz)-sze3
 en: for 4 months,
reverse
1. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2)
 en: the labor: 120 days;
  calculation: 1 × (4 × 30) = 120
2. 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
 en: 2/3 mana silver,
3. a2-bi 4(gesz'u) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 2400 workdays;
  calculation: 40 × 60days/shekel = 2400
4. 3(u) sze gur
 en: 30 gur barley,
5. a2-bi 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 900 workdays;
  calculation: 9000sila3 ÷ 10sila3/workday = 900
6. nig2-ka9-ak lugal-ezem
 en: account of Lugal-ezem,
7. ki ur-{d}szara2-ta
 en: from Ur-Šara;
8. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da
 en: year: “Nanna of Karzida.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

20100515 englund: 1 gin2 kb = 60 workdays and 10 sila3 sze per day

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292428

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 16.0 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 00665
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075252
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003636
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.665

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1229

    [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. 037, NBC 00665

    [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
2015-03-13 at 12:42:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-01 at 13:37:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-01 at 13:34:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1229 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292428.
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (No. P292428). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1229 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292428.
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (No. P292428). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292428
LB  - CDLI:P292428
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292428
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