BPOA 07, 2889 (P303684)

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 01641

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

59.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 dabin
2. u4 4(disz)-kam
3. 5(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin
4. u4 5(disz)-kam
5. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin u4 6(disz)-kam
6. 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin u4 7(disz)-kam
7. 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin u4 8(disz)-kam
8. 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 dabin u4 1(u)-kam
2. 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
3. 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 dabin u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
4. 3(ban2) igi-kar2 lu2-bala-saga
5. ki ur-{gesz}gigir-ta
6. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
7. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
8. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}szu-{d}suen]
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a-a-kal-la
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.02.08.04 to Šū-Suen.02.08.12

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000033 (composite) (P430134) S000033 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P303684

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 59.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 21.0 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 01641
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073555
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036186
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.1641

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2889

    [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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:30 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, 2889 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303684.
BPOA 07, 2889 artifact entry (No. P303684). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303684 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2889 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303684 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2889 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303684.
BPOA 07, 2889 artifact entry (No. P303684). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303684 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2889 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303684 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303684},
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ID  - P303684
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