BPOA 07, 2096 (P290605)

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 03248

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

41.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {gi}kid szer7-ru-um
2. ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) sar
3. 1(u) 2(disz) {gi}gur 3(ban2)-ta esir2 su-ba
4. ki ba-za-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-bala-saga
2. iti szu-numun
3. mu en {d}nanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. lu2-bala-sa6-[ga]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu dingir-ra

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002725 (composite) (P455435) S002725 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P290605

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 41.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 16.0 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 03248
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076466
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006221
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3248

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2096

    [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: JCS 02 (pp. 165-202), 169 NBC 3248

    [Goetze1948JCS2ReedMats] Goetze, Albrecht. 1948. “Umma Texts Concerning Reed Mats.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 2 (3): 165–202. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359408.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 141, NBC 03248

    [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
2024-09-11 at 09:14:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:04 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, 2096 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290605.
BPOA 07, 2096 artifact entry (No. P290605). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290605 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290605 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2096 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290605.
BPOA 07, 2096 artifact entry (No. P290605). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290605 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 2096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290605 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	month = {sep 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
}


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