BPOA 07, 1851 (P291553)

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 02883

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

43.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) kusz gu4 babbar2
2. 1/2(disz) ma-na sze-gin2
3. 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. {gesz}ig e2-ur3 e2-masz HI-la2-a
reverse
1. ki a-kal-la-ta
2. kiszib3 dingir-ra
3. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. dingir-ra
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-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 002175.5 (composite) (P533384) S002175.5 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P291553

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 15.0 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 02883
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076213
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-005856
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.2883

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 1851

    [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. 123, NBC 02883

    [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 14:49:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:23:22 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, 1851 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291553.
BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry (No. P291553). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291553 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291553 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291553},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 1851 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291553.
BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry (No. P291553). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291553 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291553 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291553},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P291553
LB  - CDLI:P291553
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BPOA 07, 1851 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291553
ER  -
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