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BPOA 07, 2399 (P290166)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 03639

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

57.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) ma-na uruda sa10-a
2. 2(disz) ma-na gesz-i3 sa10-a
3. ugu2 lugal-e2-mah-e ba-a-gar
4. 5/6(disz) ma-na 3(disz) gin2 ku3
5. ugu2 lugal-ezem ba-a-gar
6. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba
7. 2(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na ku3
8. ugu2 lugal-e2-mah-e ba-a-gar
9. kiszib3 da-da-ga
10. 2(disz) ma-na uruda sa10-a
11. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3
reverse
1. ugu2 lugal-e2-mah-e ba-a-gar
2. kiszib3 lu2-banda3{da}
3. 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3 ku3-sig17 szu-nir ensi2-ka
4. 4(disz) gin2 ku3 szu-nir gu2-edin-na
(1 line erased, ku3 is still visible)
5. gin2
erasure before gin2
6. masz-da-re-a lugal
7. zi-ga-am3
8. mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)?-kam si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
2-kam in edition, 3-kam Yale on-line catalogue

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

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 57.0 high × 42.0 wide × 20.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 7, 2399

[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. 163, NBC 03639

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 03639
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.33.00.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2022-12-08 at 09:30:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2022-12-08 at 09:30:03	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:47:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-06-12 at 10:21:25	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (076754) (076754)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-006614) (BC-006614)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.3639) (NBC.3639)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2399 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290166.

BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry (No. P290166). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290166 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290166 (Accessed: December 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290166},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2399 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290166.

BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry (No. P290166). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290166 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290166 (Accessed: December 16, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2399 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290166},
}

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