BPOA 06, 0305 (P312642)

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 13946

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

53.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 5(ban2) sze-ba lugal
2. ga-ti-e
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2) lu2-giri17-zal
4. 1(barig) ri-is-AN
5. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
reverse
1. e2-kikken gibil-ta
2. ki ka-guru7-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir
4. iti min-esz3
5. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-sa6

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 005453.1 (composite) (P534065) S005453.1 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P312642

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 53.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 19.0 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 13946
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074646
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027361
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13946

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 305

    [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
2016-04-15 at 01:44:51 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:55 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, 0305 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312642.
BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry (No. P312642). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312642 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312642 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312642},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0305 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312642.
BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry (No. P312642). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312642 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312642 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312642},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312642
LB  - CDLI:P312642
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0305 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312642
ER  -
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