BIN 05, 345 (P106779)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04758

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(szar2) sa {gesz}ma-nu
2. gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 5(disz) sa-ta i3-gal2
3. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sa pa
4. {gesz}asal2
reverse
1. gu-nigin2-ba 3(disz) sa-ta i3-gal2
2. ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
3. lugal-ezem
4. szu ba-ti
5. sza3 bala
6. iti {d}li9-si4
7. mu us2-sa lu-lu
envelope
obverse
1. 1(szar2) sa {gesz}ma-nu
2. gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 5(disz) sa-ta i3-gal2
3. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) pa {gesz}asal2
4. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sa pa
5. {gesz}asal2
reverse
1. gu-nigin2-ba 3(disz) sa-ta i3-gal2
2. ki ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
3. lugal-ezem
4. szu ba-ti
5. sza3 bala
6. iti {d}li9-si4
7. mu us2-sa lu-lu si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2# [...] ba#-hul#
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal-ezem
2. ra2-gaba
3. ARAD2-zu

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BIN 5, 345

    [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: ENES, 0606 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 04758
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.09.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 13:26:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:22 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006170 (composite) (P458880) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 05, 345 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P106779.
BIN 05, 345 artifact entry (No. P106779). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106779 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 05, 345 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106779 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 05, 345 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106779},
}


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