BPOA 07, 2606 (P303359)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 01306

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

47.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 niga
2. 7(disz) udu u2
3. siskur2 sza3-ge guru7-a
4. {d}mes-lam-ta-e3-a
5. u3 {d}la-az
6. sza3 gu2-du8-a{ki}
reverse
1. giri3 {d}suen-iri-szu sagi
2. u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
3. ki puzur4-{d}en-lil2-ta
4. ba-zi
5. giri3 puzur4-{d}szul-gi szar2-ra-ab-du
6. iti ezem-{d}szu-{d}suen
7. mu en {d}inanna unu[{ki}] masz2-e i3-pa3#
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. puzur4-{d}szul-gi
2. dumu a-bi2-[a]
3. szar2-ra-ab-du
4. [ARAD2-zu]
  following Tsouparopoulou
  edition has puzur4-{d}szul-gi, dub-sar, dumu a-bi2-[a]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

Seal identified as S000341 by Tsouparopoulou 2008, app. p.130

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000341 (composite) (P430437) S000341 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P303359

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NCBT 01306
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073228
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-035851
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.1306

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2606

    [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.

  • history: Tsouparoloulou diss., 341 (seal only)

    [Tsouparoloulou2008diss] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2008. “The Material Face of Bureaucracy: Writing, Sealing and Archiving Tablets for the Ur III State at Drehem.” Phdthesis, University of Cambridge.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-13 at 18:47:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-13 at 08:26:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-09-03 at 06:07:38 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:16:23 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-10-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2606 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P303359.
BPOA 07, 2606 artifact entry (No. P303359). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303359 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2606 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303359 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2606 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P303359.
BPOA 07, 2606 artifact entry (No. P303359). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303359 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2606 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303359 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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