BPOA 07, 2438 (P290277)

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 04206

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

70.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1/2(iku) 1(disz) szar GAN2-ta gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz)-kam 5(iku) GAN2-ta
2. 1(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
3. GAN2-gu4
4. 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
5. szuku engar
6. a-sza3 u2-du-en-lil2-a
sic?
7. 1(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)! 1/2(iku) 1(disz) sar GAN2-ta
8. gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
9. 3(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
reverse
1. 1(bur3) a-ra2 1(disz)
2. 4(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
3. min a-ra2 2(disz) a-sza3 gid2-da
4. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta gaba a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3
5. 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
6. GAN2-gu4
7. 1(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
8. szuku engar
9. a-sza3 a-bu3-du-du
10. nu-banda3-gu4 a-gu-gu
11. kiszib3 ur-{d}utu
12. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lugal-he2-gal2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}utu
(according to Mayr)
(ur-{d}utu / dumu al-la sukkal in edition)

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): 70.0 high × 52.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 7, 2438

[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 04206

[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 04206
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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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 metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-05-08 at 09:38:10	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2020-04-03 at 11:26:17	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Sallaberger, Walther		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:47:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2010-06-12 at 10:21:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (076864) (076864)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-007182) (BC-007182)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.4206) (NBC.4206)

Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2438 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290277.

BPOA 07, 2438 artifact entry (No. P290277). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290277 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2438 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290277 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290277},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2438 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290277.

BPOA 07, 2438 artifact entry (No. P290277). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290277 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2438 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290277 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2438 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290277},
}

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