BIN 05, 059 (P106493)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 01596

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) sze# gur lugal
2. ur3-ta
3. 5(asz) ziz2 gur sila3 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-ta
4. 8(asz) sze gur sila3 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-ta
5. e#?-bi! gur sila3 1(gesz2)-da-ka ga2-ga2-dam
reverse
1. u4 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz)-ka-ka
2. {gesz}guzza-ni
3. szu ba-ti
4. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BIN 5, 59

    [Hackman1937BIN5] Hackman, George G. 1937. Temple Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur from Umma. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University, Vol. 5. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: ZA 83 (pp. 31-41), 37

    [Gomi1993ZA83] Gomi, Tohru. 1993. “A Note on Gur, a Capacity Unit of the Ur III Period.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 83: 31–41.

    (translit.)


  • citation: CBCY 3, 069, NBC 01596

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 01596
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.25.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SH32 SH44 IS03
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 14:22:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:25:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:15 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 05, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106493.
BIN 05, 059 artifact entry (No. P106493). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106493 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106493 (Accessed: November 5, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BIN 05, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106493},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106493},
}

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TI  - BIN 05, 059 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 05, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106493.
BIN 05, 059 artifact entry (No. P106493). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106493 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 059 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106493 (Accessed: November 5, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BIN 05, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106493},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106493},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P106493
LB  - CDLI:P106493
M1  - 2025/11/5/
TI  - BIN 05, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106493
ER  - 
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