BPOA 07, 2435 (P290274)

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 04203

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

73.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta-a a-ra2 1(disz)
2. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta-a a-ra2 2(disz) gaba a-sza3 gid2-da
3. 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta-a a-ra2 1(disz)
4. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta-a a-ra2 1(disz)
reverse
1. a-sza3 gid2-da
2. 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
3. gaba a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3
4. 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
5. a-sza3 a-bu3-du-du
6. nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ku3-ga-ni
7. kiszib3 ur-{d}utu
8. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
seal 1
1. [...]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}[...]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 73.0 high × 46.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Mayr diss. p. 355 reads this seal as S003492

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2435

    [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. 169, NBC 04203

    [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 04203
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2016-04-04 at 05:38:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:21:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003492.3 (composite) (P533707) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 07, 2435 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290274.
BPOA 07, 2435 artifact entry (No. P290274). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290274 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2435 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290274 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290274},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290274},
}


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