BPOA 07, 2451 (P293793)

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 04231

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

96.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
2. ki lu2-zabala3{ki}-ta
3. 4(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
4. ki u3-ma-ni-ta
5. 5(disz) gu4 ki ur-{d}ma-mi-ta
6. 2(disz) gu4 ki ur-su4-su4-ta
7. 1(u) gu4 ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
8. 4(disz) gu4 ki du11-ge-ta
9. 1(disz) gu4 ki a-ki-szar-ta
10. 1(disz) ab2 ki lugal-gesz-hur-e-ta
11. 3(disz) gu4 ki {d}szara2-a-mu-ta
12. 1(disz) ab2 mu 2(disz)
13. ki lugal-ku3-ga-ni-ta
14. 1(disz) gu4 mu 2(disz) ki lugal-szu-nir-re-ta
15. 5(disz) gu4 ki szesz-kal-la-ta
16. 1(disz) ab2 mu 1(disz) ki ur-bil2-ta
17. 3(disz) gu4 ki [...]
reverse
1. 2(disz) gu4 ki ur-e11-e-ta
2. 2(disz) gu4 ki ur-{d}isztaran-ta
3. e2 {d}nin-ur4-ra
4. ki unu3-de3-ne-ta
5. 1(disz) ab2 mu 2(disz) ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
6. 4(disz) gu4 ki lugal-ku3-ga-ni-ta
7. 1(disz) szu ki da-a-ga-ta
8. 1(disz) ab2 ga ki da-du-mu-ta
9. 4(disz) gu4 ki lugal-ukken-ne2-ta
10. 3(disz) gu4 ki a-gu-gu-ta
11. 2(disz) gu4 ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
12. 2(disz) gu4 ki a-ab-ba-ta
13. 4(disz) gu4 ki lu2-gi-na-ta
14. {gesz}apin-ta
15. kas4 i3-dab5
16. mu en {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3

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/P293793

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 96.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 25.0 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 04231
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076880
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-007207
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.4231

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2451

    [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. 170, NBC 04231

    [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
2016-10-30 at 12:02:28 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:13 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 07, 2451 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293793.
BPOA 07, 2451 artifact entry (No. P293793). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293793 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293793 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2451 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293793.
BPOA 07, 2451 artifact entry (No. P293793). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293793 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2451 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293793 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293793},
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