BPOA 06, 1229 (P292428)

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 00665

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

40.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 16.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz
 en: 11 male laborers,
2. 1(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
 en: 1 male laborer, 1/2,
3. 2(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)
 en: 2 male laborers, 2/3,
4. iti 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
 en: for 13 months,
5. a2-bi 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 5005 workdays;
  calculation: (11 + 1/2 + 4/3) × (13 × 30) = 5005
6. 1(disz) mu-mu bahar3
 en: 1: Mumu, the potter,
7. iti 4(disz)-sze3
 en: for 4 months,
reverse
1. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2)
 en: the labor: 120 days;
  calculation: 1 × (4 × 30) = 120
2. 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
 en: 2/3 mana silver,
3. a2-bi 4(gesz'u) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 2400 workdays;
  calculation: 40 × 60days/shekel = 2400
4. 3(u) sze gur
 en: 30 gur barley,
5. a2-bi 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: the labor: 900 workdays;
  calculation: 9000sila3 ÷ 10sila3/workday = 900
6. nig2-ka9-ak lugal-ezem
 en: account of Lugal-ezem,
7. ki ur-{d}szara2-ta
 en: from Ur-Šara;
8. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da
 en: year: “Nanna of Karzida.”

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 36.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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  • primary: BPOA 6, 1229

    [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. 037, NBC 00665

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 00665
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2015-03-13 at 12:42:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-01 at 13:37:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-01 at 13:34:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:39 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

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CDLI Notes:

20100515 englund: 1 gin2 kb = 60 workdays and 10 sila3 sze per day

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1229 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292428.
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (No. P292428). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292428
LB  - CDLI:P292428
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292428
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1229 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292428.
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (No. P292428). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292428 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292428},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292428
LB  - CDLI:P292428
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292428
ER  -
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