BPOA 07, 1896 (P291383)

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 02947

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

55.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
2. ugula ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
3. 5(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
4. ugula ku3-ga-ni
5. {gesz}da# de6-a
6. {gesz}kiri6 ki-sur-ra
reverse
1. kiszib3 ab-ba-gi-na
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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 003280.2 (composite) (P533646) S003280.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P291383

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 55.0 mm × 46.0 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 02947
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076256
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005920
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2947

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1896

    [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. 126, NBC 02947

    [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 14:48:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:23:19 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, 1896 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291383.
BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry (No. P291383). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291383 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291383 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291383},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 1896 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291383.
BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry (No. P291383). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291383 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291383 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291383},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291383},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P291383
LB  - CDLI:P291383
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - BPOA 07, 1896 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291383
ER  -
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