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

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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

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): 41.0 high × 40.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 03248
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-11 at 09:14:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:07	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:47:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-06-12 at 10:22:04	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 (076466) (076466)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-006221) (BC-006221)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.3248) (NBC.3248)

Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“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: December 16, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
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Cite this Artifact

“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: December 16, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290605},
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