BPOA 06, 1277 (P200800)

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 00724

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) geme2 u4 [...-sze3]
2. ki-su7 nin10-nu-du3-a-[ta]
3. e2-duru5 a-bu3-[sze3]
4. sze zi3-gu-ka im-zi
5. 2(u) geme2 u4 2(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 a-[sza3]
6. {d}nin-ur4-ra-ka-ta#? mu-sza im-zi
7. 2(u) geme2 u4 3(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 nin10-nu-du3-a-ta mu-sza im-zi
8. 3(u) geme2 u4 8(disz)-<sze3> sze gu4-suhub2 u3 sze a-sza3 gibil-<ta>
reverse
1. guru7 a-pi4-sal4{ki}-sze3 im-zi
2. 2(u) 4(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. kun-zi-da a-sza3 gibil-ka gub-ba
4. ugula lugal-inim-gi-na
5. kiszib3 ur-e11-e
6. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} [u3] ma-da-bi [ba-hul]
seal 1
1. ur-e11-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
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 004421 (composite) (P457131) S004421 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200800

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 00724
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060074
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003695
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.724

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1277

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 041, NBC 00724

    [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 10:02:26 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 14:32:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:15:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-09-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1277 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200800.
BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry (No. P200800). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200800 (Original work published 2008)
BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200800 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200800},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1277 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200800.
BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry (No. P200800). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200800 (Original work published 2008)
BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200800 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200800},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P200800
LB  - CDLI:P200800
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1277 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200800
ER  -
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