BPOA 06, 0489 (P312684)

Letter 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 14183

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) sze ur5-ra gur
2. guru7 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
3. ki gu-du-du-ta
4. suhusz-gi
5. lu2 a-hu-ni
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti diri
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
seal 1
1. suhusz-ki-in
2. szu-i ARAD2 a-hu-ni

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
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 004039 (composite) (P456749) S004039 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P312684

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 13.0 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 14183
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 078434
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027599
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.14183

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 489

    [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.

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 14:51:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:58 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 06, 0489 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312684.
BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry (No. P312684). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312684 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312684 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312684},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0489 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312684.
BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry (No. P312684). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312684 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312684 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312684},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312684},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312684
LB  - CDLI:P312684
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0489 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312684
ER  -
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