BPOA 07, 1663 (P290987)

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 02039

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

47.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) sze-ba za3-mu gur
2. {d}er3-ra-ba-ni
3. 2(asz) 2(barig) na-ga-lu5
4. sze-ba sze#-ba# za3-mu
reverse
1. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
2. kiszib3 asz-a ur-{d}szara2
3. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. [ur]-{d}li9#-[si4]
2. ensi2 umma#[{ki}]
3. ur-{d}[szara2]
4. dumu ur-{d}[suen]
5. lu2 azlag2 ARAD2-[zu]

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 005104 (composite) (P457814) S005104 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P290987

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 43.0 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 02039
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075945
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005012
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2039

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1663

    [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.

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 432 (seal)

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 084, NBC 02039

    [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
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 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
2016-04-22 at 11:25:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-07-07 at 11:08:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:48:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:22:53 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, 1663 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290987.
BPOA 07, 1663 artifact entry (No. P290987). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290987 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1663 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290987 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290987},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 1663 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290987.
BPOA 07, 1663 artifact entry (No. P290987). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290987 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1663 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290987 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1663 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290987},
}


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