BPOA 06, 1185 (P292377)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 00611

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

105.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
2. 5(disz) gu4-gesz
3. szunigin 6(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
4. gub-ba libir-am3
5. ha-ba-lu5-ge2 i3-dab5
6. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
7. 5(disz) gu4-gesz
8. szunigin 6(disz) ab2 gu4 hi-a!
9. gub-ba libir-am3
10. a-ab-ba i3-dab5
11. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
12. 4(disz) gu4-gesz
13. gub-ba libir-am3
14. usz2 1(disz) gu4-gesz
15. 1/2(disz) gu4 engar-e su-su-dam
16. 1/2(disz) gu4 e2-gal-ta dah-e-dam
17. szunigin 6(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
18. gub-ba-am3
19. engar-gu-la i3-dab5
20. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
21. 5(disz) gu4-gesz
reverse
1. 1(disz) amar gu4 ga
2. gub-ba libir-am3
3. szunigin 7(disz) gu4 ab2 amar hi-a
4. gub-ba-am3
5. ur-bil3 i3-dab5
6. 4(disz) eme6-mah2
7. 3(disz) dur3-gesz
8. 2(disz) eme6 ga
9. 1(disz) dur3 ga
10. gub-ba libir-am3
11. usz2 2(disz) dur3-gesz
12. szunigin 1(u) ansze hi-a gub-ba-am3
13. u3-ma-ni i3-dab5
14. gurum2 ak engar-gu4 u3 engar-ansze-ke4-ne
15. iti nesag
16. mu us2-sa kar2-har{ki} ba-hul

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): 105.0 high × 53.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 6, 1185

[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. 035, NBC 00611

[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 00611
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.25.04.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:49:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2010-06-12 at 10:24:33	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 (075201) (075201)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-003582) (BC-003582)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.611) (NBC.611)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1185 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292377.

BPOA 06, 1185 artifact entry (No. P292377). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292377 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 1185 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292377 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292377},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1185 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292377.

BPOA 06, 1185 artifact entry (No. P292377). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292377 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 1185 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292377 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1185 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292377},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292377},
}

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