BPOA 06, 0909 (P292520)

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 00189

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

44.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 4(u) USZ
2. an-za-gar3-ta
3. e {gesz}ma-nu-sze3
4. u3 uku2-nu-ti gu-la
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) USZ
reverse
1. u3 sagi-ne
2. 4(gesz2) USZ
3. {d}en-ki-ta
4. u3 sagi-ne-sze3
5. a2 i7-de3-na-ta
6. 6(gesz2) 2(u) USZ
7. gu2 a2 2(disz)-a-ba i7 nam-ha-ni-ka
8. a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti bala-a-ri
left
1. ur-ge6-par4 dub-sar dumu {d}lamma-mu in-gid2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

20100514 englund: in-gid2 for length measurements up to 400 usz

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292520

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 44.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 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 00189
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074850
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003160
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.189

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 909

    [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. 014, NBC 00189

    [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 14:50:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:49 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, 0909 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292520.
BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry (No. P292520). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292520 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292520 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292520},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0909 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292520.
BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry (No. P292520). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292520 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292520 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292520},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292520
LB  - CDLI:P292520
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0909 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292520
ER  -
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