BRM 3, 026 (P212918)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02497

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [pisan]-dub#-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. im sar-ra
 en: clay (tablets), inscribed,
3. zi-ga
 en: credits, of
4. lugal nibru{ki}
 en: the king of Nippur,
5. im de6-a
 en: clay (tablets), delivered,
6. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. me-sag2
 en: Mesag,
2. ensi2
 en: the governor;
  blank space
3. 1(disz@t) mu 7(disz@t) iti
 en: 1st year, 7th month.

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P212918

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 02497
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002444
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2497

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 26

    [Keiser1914BRM3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1914. Cuneiform Bullae of the Third Millennium B.C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: ZA 72 (pp. 1-27), p. 18

    [Foster1982] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. “Archives and Record-Keeping in Sargonic Mesopotamia.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 72: 1–27.

  • history: USP, -

    [Foster1982USP] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, Volume 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.

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
2019-02-28 at 08:21:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-10-31 at 09:07:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:29:49 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:26 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:43:03 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Transliteration Brumfield, Sara CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:19 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 026 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P212918.
BRM 3, 026 artifact entry (No. P212918). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212918 (Original work published 1970)
BRM 3, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212918 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212918},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P212918
LB  - CDLI:P212918
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - BRM 3, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212918
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 026 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P212918.
BRM 3, 026 artifact entry (No. P212918). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212918 (Original work published 1970)
BRM 3, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212918 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212918},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212918},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P212918
LB  - CDLI:P212918
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - BRM 3, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212918
ER  -
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