BPOA 07, 1729 (P292560)

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 02697

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

55.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) ab2-mah2
2. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
3. 2(disz) gu4 mu 1(disz)
4. 3(disz) ab2 mu 1(disz)
5. 2(disz) ab2 ga
6. 1(disz) gu4 ga
7. gub-ba-am3
8. usz2 1(disz) ab2 mu 3(disz)
reverse
1. szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
2. gub-ba-am3
3. szunigin usz2 1(disz) ab2 mu 3(disz)
4. i3-nun-bi 2(ban2)
5. ga-UD@g-[bi] 3(ban2)
6. ab-[ba-gi]-na unu3
7. gu4 e2-du6-la ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2-ka
8. gurum2 ak sza3 e2-amar-ra
9. iti dal
10. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

20100423 englund: i3-nun : ga UDg 2:3

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292560

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 55.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 20.0 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 02697
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076092
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005670
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2697
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 2937

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1729

    [Sigrist2009BPOA7] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 7. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 113, NBC 02697

    [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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:55 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 07, 1729 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292560.
BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry (No. P292560). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292560 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292560 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	month = {mar 9},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292560},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 1729 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292560.
BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry (No. P292560). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292560 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292560 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1729 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292560},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292560},
}


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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P292560
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