BPOA 06, 0947 (P292324)

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 00240

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

64.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) zi3 sig15
2. 1(ban2) zi3-gu
3. 5(disz) sila3 esza
4. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
5. 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
6. 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
7. 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
8. 1(ban2) kasz saga
reverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz ge6 saga
2. nidba2 {d}en-ki
3. tug2-mah {d}szara2 [...]-ma-sze3 de6-a
4. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
5. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
6. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
7. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu du10-ga
4. szabra {d}szara2-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 003195 (composite) (P455905) S003195 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292324

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 64.0 mm × 46.0 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 00240
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074893
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003211
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.240

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 947

    [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 00240

    [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
2011-07-22 at 14:49:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:27 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, 0947 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292324.
BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry (No. P292324). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292324 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292324 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292324},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0947 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292324.
BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry (No. P292324). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292324 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292324 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292324},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292324},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292324
LB  - CDLI:P292324
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0947 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292324
ER  -
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