BIN 05, 074 (P106508)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 02610

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
2. u4 3(u) 2(disz)-sze3
3. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)
4. bala-a gub-ba bala-sze3 gen-na u3 bala-ta gur-ra
reverse
1. ugula ur-{d}suen szu-ku6
2. giri3 ur-ge6-par4 dub-sar
3. mu ha-ar#-szi{ki#} ba-hul#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P106508

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 02610
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 009658
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005583
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2610

References

  • primary: BIN 5, 74

    [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.

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 159 n. 514

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • citation: JNES 50 (pp. 255-280), 274-275 n. 30

    [Englund1991JNES50] Englund, Robert K. 1991. “Hard Work-Where Will It Get You? Labor Management in Ur III Mesopotamia.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 50 (4): 255–80. https://doi.org/10.1086/373514.

  • citation: CBCY 3, 108, NBC 02610

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 16:08:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-15 at 14:25:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 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 13:25:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:16 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 05, 074 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106508.
BIN 05, 074 artifact entry (No. P106508). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106508 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 074 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106508 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {BIN 05, 074 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106508},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P106508
LB  - CDLI:P106508
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - BIN 05, 074 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106508
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 05, 074 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106508.
BIN 05, 074 artifact entry (No. P106508). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106508 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 074 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106508 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {BIN 05, 074 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106508},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106508},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P106508
LB  - CDLI:P106508
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - BIN 05, 074 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106508
ER  -
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