BPOA 06, 1419 (P291914)

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 01001

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

42.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) gurusz
2. u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. pa4 a-da-ga
4. a-sza3 u2 gub-ba
5. ki lugal-e2-mah-e
6. ugula ur-e2-an-na
reverse
1. iti pa5-<u2-e>
2. mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-ka

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 004620 (composite) (P457330) S004620 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P291914

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 42.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 13.0 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 01001
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075558
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003972
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.1001

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1419

    [Sigrist2009BPOA6] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 6. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 413 (seal)

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 053, NBC 01001

    [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
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2016-04-19 at 01:35:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1419 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291914.
BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry (No. P291914). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291914 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291914 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291914},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291914},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 1419 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291914.
BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry (No. P291914). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291914 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291914 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2024BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291914},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291914},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/13/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P291914
LB  - CDLI:P291914
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1419 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291914
ER  -
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