BPOA 07, 1664 (P290988)

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 02040

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

58.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2)
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
3. 3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
4. 3(disz) sila3 esza
5. 1(ban2) dabin
reverse
1. siskur2 a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra
2. u3 igi-e2-mah-sze3
3. kiszib3 [ur]-e11-e
4. sa-ra [ak]
5. iti min-esz3
6. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-e11-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

seal identified by Mayr, SITU p. 390

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004421 (composite) (P457131) S004421 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P290988

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 58.0 mm × 41.0 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 02040
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075946
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005013
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2040

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1664

    [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. 084, NBC 02040

    [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
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, 1664 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290988.
BPOA 07, 1664 artifact entry (No. P290988). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290988 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1664 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290988 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290988},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 1664 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P290988.
BPOA 07, 1664 artifact entry (No. P290988). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290988 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1664 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290988 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1664 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290988},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P290988
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M1  - 2026/4/9/
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