BPOA 06, 0906 (P293351)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 00182

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) ad6 udu
 en: 10 carcases, sheep,
2. mu aga3-us2-e-ne
 en: on account of the soldiers,
3. ugula du-uk-ra
 en: foreman: Dukra;
4. ki tu-ra-a
 en: from Turaya
5. hu-um-s,u
 en: did Humṣu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
 en: receive;
2. giri3 szu-esz18-dar
 en: via Šū-Ištar,
3. dumu e2-a-ra-bi2
 en: son of Ea-rabi,
4. sza3 nim-zi-um{ki}
 en: in Nimzi’um,
  blank space
5. iti# ezem#-{d#}szul-gi
 en: month “Festival-of-Šulgi,”
6. [mu sza-asz]-ru#{ki} [ba]-hul#
 en: year: “Šašru was destroyed.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P293351

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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 00182
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074846
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003153
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.182

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 906

    [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. 013, NBC 00182

    [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
2016-02-17 at 13:51:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0906 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293351.
BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry (No. P293351). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293351 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293351 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293351},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0906 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293351.
BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry (No. P293351). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293351 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293351 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293351},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P293351
LB  - CDLI:P293351
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0906 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P293351
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