BPOA 06, 0940 (P292319)

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 00233

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

50.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) sze lugal a2 ma2 hun-ga2 na4!
2. 1(barig) ma2 ur-e2-zi-da
3. 4(ban2) ma2 nam-tar-eb2-gu-ul
4. 4(ban2) ma2 [...] lugal-ezem
5. 4(ban2) ma2 ARAD2-mu
6. 4(ban2) ma2 e2-diri-ki-du10
7. 3(ban2) ma2 inim-ma-ni
8. 3(ban2) ma2 ur-{gesz}gigir
9. 4(ban2) ma2 szesz-ki-ag2
reverse
1. 4(ban2) ma2 sza3-ad-da
2. szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2)! sze gur
3. a2 ma2 hun-ga2 ma2 bala ak sze uri5{ki}-sze3 zi-ga
4. ka ad-gar-ta uri5{ki}-sze3
5. kiszib3 inim-ma-ni
6. giri3 lugal-iti-da
7. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
8. iti szu-numun-na
9. mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. inim-ma-ni
2. dumu ur-mes
3. ma2-lah5

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 002567 (composite) (P455277) S002567 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292319

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 50.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 21.0 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 00233
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074887
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003204
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.233

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 940

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 016, NBC 00233

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:26 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 06, 0940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292319.
BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry (No. P292319). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292319 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292319 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292319},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292319.
BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry (No. P292319). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292319 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292319 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292319},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292319
LB  - CDLI:P292319
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0940 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292319
ER  -
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