NBC 00487 (P291576)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00487

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

31.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P291576
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P291576

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	31.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 14.0 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 00487
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	075100
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-003458
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.487

References

citation: CBCY 3, 028 NBC 00487

[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
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 00487 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291576.

NBC 00487 artifact entry (No. P291576). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291576 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291576 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291576},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 00487 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291576.

NBC 00487 artifact entry (No. P291576). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291576 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291576 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2023NBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NBC 00487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291576},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291576},
}

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