BPOA 06, 0167 (P312562)

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 13703

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

39.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) {gi}gur zi3-IL2 esir2 su-ba
2. ki a-gu-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nu-musz-da
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
2. mu us2-sa si-ma-<num2{ki}>
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nu-musz-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-gu4-e

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

Mayr diss. p. 462: seal illegible

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005268.4 (composite) (P534017) S005268.4 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P312562

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 13.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 13703
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074584
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027117
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13703

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 167

    [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
2023-01-21 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 14:51:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0167 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312562.
BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry (No. P312562). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312562 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312562 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312562},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0167 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312562.
BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry (No. P312562). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312562 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312562 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312562},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312562
LB  - CDLI:P312562
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0167 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312562
ER  -
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