BPOA 07, 2639 (P303403)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 01350

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

40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-kam
2. sza3-gu4 gi ga6-<ga2> ga2-nun {d}mah-ni-isz!
3. u3 ad ak-a
4. kun-zi-da
5. u3 sur-ra
reverse
1. kar-re-sze3 [...]
2. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
3. nu-banda3 szesz-kal-la
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ur-[mes]
2. dumu na-ba-lu5
  (according to Mayr)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004566.1 (composite) (P533943) S004566.1 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P303403

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 14.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NCBT 01350
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073269
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-035895
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.1350

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2639

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2022-08-15 at 13:52:12 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2022-08-15 at 13:50:01 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:06 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, 2639 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303403.
BPOA 07, 2639 artifact entry (No. P303403). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303403 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2639 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303403 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303403},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2639 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303403.
BPOA 07, 2639 artifact entry (No. P303403). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303403 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2639 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303403 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P303403},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303403},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P303403
LB  - CDLI:P303403
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - BPOA 07, 2639 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P303403
ER  -
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