BPOA 07, 2456 (P200857)

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 04238

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ak a-ra2 2(disz) 1(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
2. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz)
3. 2(bur'u) 5(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
4. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(disz)
5. 3(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
6. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz)
7. GAN2-gu4
8. 5(bur3) [n] GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
9. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
reverse
1. szuku engar sza3 [...]
2. a-sza3 [gu2-edin]-na
3. 5(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
4. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz)
5. GAN2-gu4 a-sza3 GAN2-mah
6. a2 gesz-ur3-ra
7. a-ab-ba szabra
8. kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si
9. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. e2-gal-e-si
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}szara2
4. sa12-du5

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BPOA 7, 2456

    [Sigrist2009BPOA7] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 7. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 171, NBC 04238

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 04238
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:16:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-09-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002249 (composite) (P454959) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.00.00, Amar-Suen.01.00.00

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2456 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200857.
BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry (No. P200857). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200857 (Original work published 2008)
BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200857 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200857},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2456 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200857.
BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry (No. P200857). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200857 (Original work published 2008)
BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200857 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200857},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P200857
LB  - CDLI:P200857
M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - BPOA 07, 2456 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200857
ER  -
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