BPOA 06, 0970 (P292354)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00282

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 14.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) udu masz2 hi-a
2. ga-esz{ki}-sze3
3. ki nu-ur2-i3-li2-ta
4. a-ha-ni-szu
reverse
1. i3-dab5
2. iti a2-ki-ti
3. mu si-ma-num2[{ki}] ba-hul
seal 1
1. a-ha-ni-szu
2. sipa lugal
3. dumu a-ba-dingir-gin7

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 39.0 wide × 14.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Tsouparopoulou 2008, 022c
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 6, 970

[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: Tsouparoloulou diss., app. p.12 (photo)

[Tsouparoloulou2008diss] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2008. “The Material Face of Bureaucracy: Writing, Sealing and Archiving Tablets for the Ur III State at Drehem.” Phdthesis, University of Cambridge.
citation: CBCY 3, p. 018, NBC 00282

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 00282
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.06.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-13 at 18:47:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-13 at 08:26:57	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
2013-07-30 at 08:10:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:49:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2010-06-12 at 10:24:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (074925) (074925)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-003253) (BC-003253)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.282) (NBC.282)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 000538 (composite) (P430634)	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0970 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292354.

BPOA 06, 0970 artifact entry (No. P292354). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292354 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 0970 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292354 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0970 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292354.

BPOA 06, 0970 artifact entry (No. P292354). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292354 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 0970 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292354 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292354},
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