BPOA 06, 1161 (P290857)

Administrative tag 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 00580

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dab-ba
 en: sealed documents of conveyance
3. {d}szara2-a-mu
 en: of Šarayamu
4. i3-[gal2]
 en: are here;
reverse
  (written on dry clay)
1. u3 [...] la2-ia3-ta
 en: and from ... debts,
2. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
 en: year: “Big-Stele was erected.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290857

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 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 00580
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075177
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003551
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.580

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1161

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 033, NBC 00580

    [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
2020-06-10 at 19:12:01 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-09-28 at 07:37:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:23 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:48:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:38 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 06, 1161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290857.
BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry (No. P290857). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290857 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290857 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290857},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290857.
BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry (No. P290857). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290857 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290857 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290857},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P290857
LB  - CDLI:P290857
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1161 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P290857
ER  -
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