BPOA 06, 0159 (P312556)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 13692

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 × 40.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) {gi}gur in-u-da sumun 2(barig)
2. nibru{ki}-ta gur-ra
3. ki a-gu-ta
reverse
1. lu2-he2-gal2
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti {d}dumu-zi
4. mu ku3 gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1
1. lu2-he2-gal2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-[...]

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 002906 (composite) (P455616) S002906 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P312556

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 13692
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074578
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027106
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13692

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 159

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, dissertation p. 195-

    [Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-04-24 at 08:38:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-24 at 08:31:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0159 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 24, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312556.
BPOA 06, 0159 artifact entry (No. P312556). (2023, April 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312556 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312556 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312556},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0159 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 24, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312556.
BPOA 06, 0159 artifact entry (No. P312556). (2023, April 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312556 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312556 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {apr 24},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312556},
}


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DA  - 2023/4/24/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312556
LB  - CDLI:P312556
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0159 artifact entry
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