BPOA 07, 2859 (P303649)

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 01604

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

56.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gu2-tur lugal
2. ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze
3. 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gu2-tur
4. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 5(disz) sze
5. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 szum2-sikil
6. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2
7. 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 {u2}gamun2 ge6
8. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze
9. 1(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 {u2}gamun2 babbar
reverse
1. ku3-bi 3(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 3(disz) sze
  calculation: 92 2/3 ÷ 3 33/180 = ca. 30 sila3 per shekel silver
2. ki a-kal-la-ta
3. kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
4. sza3 bala
  some text moved to next line
5. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
6. mu e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3

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/P303649

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 23.0 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 01604
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073519
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036149
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.1604

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2859

    [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
2020-03-02 at 11:10:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:16:29 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-01-10 at 17:21:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:27 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, 2859 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303649.
BPOA 07, 2859 artifact entry (No. P303649). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303649 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2859 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303649 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303649},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2859 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303649.
BPOA 07, 2859 artifact entry (No. P303649). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303649 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2859 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303649 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P303649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303649},
}


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