BPOA 07, 1996 (P290789)

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 03068

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

40.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) gu2 5(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 siki-gi
2. 3(u) ma-na siki kusz udu kur-ra ba-usz2
3. 1(asz) gu2 siki udu gu2-na
4. ki kas4-ta
5. ugu2 ensi2 ba-a-gar
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
2. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

20100423 englund: ugu2 ensi ... gar kiszib3 lukalla

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290789

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 03068
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076363
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006041
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3068

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1996

    [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. 133, NBC 03068

    [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
2017-02-15 at 19:29:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:48:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:28 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 Artifact

“BPOA 07, 1996 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290789.
BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry (No. P290789). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290789 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290789 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290789},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 1996 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290789.
BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry (No. P290789). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290789 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290789 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290789},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290789},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P290789
LB  - CDLI:P290789
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - BPOA 07, 1996 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P290789
ER  -
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