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BPOA 06, 0659 (P210439)

Administrative tablet 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 14378

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gesz}ka-gal-lum
2. 2(disz) {gi}a2-la2
3. masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
4. ki a-gu-ta
5. kiszib3 a-du-mu
reverse
1. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}suen
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
4. sza3-tam

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 6, 659

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 14378
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2011-07-22 at 14:39:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-06-12 at 10:19:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (062007) (062007)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-027795) (BC-027795)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.14378) (YBC.14378)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005318.6 (composite) (P534026)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0659 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210439.

BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry (No. P210439). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210439 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210439 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P210439},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P210439},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0659 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210439.

BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry (No. P210439). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210439 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210439 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P210439},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P210439},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P210439
LB  - CDLI:P210439
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0659 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P210439
ER  -