NBC 00406 (P291788)

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 00406

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

40.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.46.07.00 (us2 year) mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki}
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P291788
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P291788

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	40.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 00406
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	075028
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-003377
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.406

References

citation: CBCY 3, 024 NBC 00406

[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
2026-09-30 at 20:58:56	Özdemir, Barış	Transliteration	Özdemir, Barış; Wagensonner, Klaus			Submitted
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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NBC 00406 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291788.

NBC 00406 artifact entry (No. P291788). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291788 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00406 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291788 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NBC 00406 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291788},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NBC 00406 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P291788.

NBC 00406 artifact entry (No. P291788). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291788 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00406 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291788 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

@misc{2023NBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NBC 00406 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291788},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291788},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P291788
LB  - CDLI:P291788
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - NBC 00406 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291788
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