NBC 00839 (P292257)

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 00839

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

29.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.05.07.01
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P292257
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P292257

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	29.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 14.0 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 00839
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	075409
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-003810
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.839

References

history: Yale Messenger, 341

[McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
citation: CBCY 3, p. 045, NBC 00839

[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
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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	CDLI	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NBC 00839 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292257.

NBC 00839 artifact entry (No. P292257). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292257 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00839 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292257 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NBC 00839 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292257},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NBC 00839 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292257.

NBC 00839 artifact entry (No. P292257). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292257 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 00839 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292257 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2024NBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {NBC 00839 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292257},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292257},
}

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