BPOA 06, 1197 (P292392)

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 00626

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

51.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz ge6 du
3. 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
4. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
5. 2(disz) sila3 esza
6. 1/2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
reverse
1. sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-a-kam
2. u4 5(u)-sze3
3. sze-bi 4(asz) gur
4. zu2-lum-bi 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
5. nig2-gur11 gal2-la-bi ib2-ta-zi
6. u4-de3 gid2-da bara2 gir13-gesz{ki}
7. ka-ku3 su-su-dam
8. mu ka-ku3-sze3 kiszib3 ur-dun [gudu4]
9. {d}nin-hur-sag-gu-la i3-gal2
10. mu 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam mu en masz2-e i3-pa3-ta
11. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2-sze3
seal 1
1. ur-dun
2. dumu mu-mu
3. gudu4 {d}nin-hur-sag

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): 51.0 high × 43.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BPOA 6, 1197

[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 00626

[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 00626
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.43.00.00, Amar-Suen.03.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Šulgi.43.00.00 to Amar-Suen.03.00.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-27 at 09:22:17	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	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
2011-07-22 at 14:49:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2010-06-12 at 10:24:34	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 (075216) (075216)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-003597) (BC-003597)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.626) (NBC.626)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004412 (composite) (P457122)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292392.

BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (No. P292392). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292392},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292392.

BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (No. P292392). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292392 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1197 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292392},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292392},
}

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