BIN 05, 279 (P106713)

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 02721

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(disz) gu4 niga sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi
2. 4(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra du-ta!
3. 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 duh saga-ta
4. 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 duh du-ta
5. 1(disz) gu4 niga sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi
6. 1(ban2) duh saga-ta
7. 1(ban2) duh du-ta
reverse
1. u4 3(u)-sze3
2. nig2-ar3-ra du-bi 2(barig)
3. duh saga-bi 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
4. duh du-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5. sza3-gal gu4 niga
6. iti min-esz3
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P106713

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 02721
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 009863
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005694
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2721

References

  • primary: BIN 5, 279

    [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: CBCY 3, 114, NBC 02721

    [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
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 13:26:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:20 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 05, 279 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P106713.
BIN 05, 279 artifact entry (No. P106713). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106713 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 279 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106713 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 05, 279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106713},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106713},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
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LB  - CDLI:P106713
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BIN 05, 279 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 05, 279 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P106713.
BIN 05, 279 artifact entry (No. P106713). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106713 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 279 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106713 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 05, 279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106713},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106713},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P106713
LB  - CDLI:P106713
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BIN 05, 279 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106713
ER  -
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