BPOA 07, 1618 (P290939)

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 01987

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

60.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}lugal-[...]-ba
3. 1(disz) kid szer7-ru-um [... sa] gi
4. kiszib3 lugal-[...] ugula kikken
5. 1(u) 1(disz) kid szer7-[ru-um sa gi]
6. kiszib3 a-[...]
7. 2(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za [1(disz) kid szer7]-ru-um
8. kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-[an-sa6]
9. 1(disz) kid szer7-ru-um
10. 2(u) [sa] gi
11. kiszib3 lu2-he2-gal2
12. 1(u) {gesz}a-ra ma2 3(u) gur
13. 3(u) la2 1(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur
14. 7(gesz2) sa gi
reverse
1. kiszib3 [ur-{d}nu]-musz-da [...]
2. 5(u) [sa gi kiszib3] ur-{d}suen [ugula] kikken
3. 3(disz) kid szer7-ru-[um]
4. kiszib3 dingir-ra
5. 2(u) sa gi kiszib3 lu2-bala-saga
6. 1(u) {gesz}mi-ri2-za 1(gesz2) 7(disz) sa gi
7. kiszib3 {d}szara2-za-me
8. szunigin 1(u) {gesz}a-ra ma2 3(u) gur
9. szunigin 4(u) 3(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur
10. szunigin 1(u) 7(disz) ki {d}szer7-ru-um
11. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 2(u) 7(disz) sa gi
12. kiszib3-bi ki hu-wa-wa-ta
13. ur-{d}nun-gal-ke4 [i3-dab5]
left
1. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{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/P290939

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 60.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 19.0 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 01987
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075899
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-004960
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.1987

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1618

    [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. 081, NBC 01987

    [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 09:52:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:48:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:47 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, 1618 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290939.
BPOA 07, 1618 artifact entry (No. P290939). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290939 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290939 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290939},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 1618 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290939.
BPOA 07, 1618 artifact entry (No. P290939). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290939 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1618 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290939 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1618 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290939},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290939},
}


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