BPOA 07, 2962 (P303759)

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 01718

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

57.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. szesz-a-ni szu ba-ti
3. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
4. nam-1(u) za3#?-ke4 sze ur5-ra-sze3
5. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur ur5-ra
6. nam-1(u) lugal-e-a2-na-ke4 szu ti-a
7. 2(asz) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze ur5-ra gur
reverse
1. nam-[1(u) ...]-{d}utu-ke4 szu ti-a
2. szunigin 7(asz) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze ur5-ra erin2-na
3. ugula ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
4. nu-banda3 a-kal-la
5. dumu ab-bu
6. sze ur5-ra mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
7. ugu2 nig2-na-ka gal2-la

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/P303759

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 57.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

External resources

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2962

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:39 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, 2962 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303759.
BPOA 07, 2962 artifact entry (No. P303759). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303759 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2962 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303759 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2962 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303759.
BPOA 07, 2962 artifact entry (No. P303759). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303759 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2962 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303759 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303759},
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