BPOA 07, 2439 (P290282)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 04213

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

80.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gesz 1(barig)
2. 7(disz) gesz 5(ban2)
3. 7(disz) gesz 4(ban2)
4. 1(u) gesz 3(ban2)
5. 2(disz) gesz 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
6. 5(disz) gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
7. 1(u) 5(disz) gesz 2(ban2)
8. 4(disz) gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
9. 1(u) gesz 1(ban2)
10. 8(disz) gesz 5(disz) sila3
11. 1(u) 2(disz) gesz 2(disz) sila3
12. [...]
13. 2(u) 5(disz) sza3-su3
reverse
1. szunigin 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
2. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gesz hi-a
3. ur-{d}kal-kal
4. [szunigin ...] gesz 1(barig)
5. [szunigin ...] gesz 5(ban2)
6. [szunigin ...] gesz 4(ban2)
7. [szunigin ...] gesz 3(ban2)
8. [szunigin ...] gesz 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
9. [szunigin ...] gesz 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
10. [szunigin ...] gesz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
11. [szunigin ...] gesz 1(ban2)
12. [szunigin ...] gesz 5(disz) sila3
13. [szunigin ...] gesz 2(disz) sila3
14. [szunigin ...] gesz 1(disz) sila3
15. [szunigin ...] gesz sza3-su3
16. szunigin [...] gur
17. szunigin [...] gesz hi-a
left
1. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P290282

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 80.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 04213
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076868
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-007189
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.4213

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2439

    [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. 170, NBC 04213

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:21:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2439 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290282.
BPOA 07, 2439 artifact entry (No. P290282). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290282 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2439 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290282 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290282},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2439 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290282.
BPOA 07, 2439 artifact entry (No. P290282). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290282 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2439 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290282 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2439 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290282},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290282},
}


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