BPOA 06, 1256 (P292456)

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 00698

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

56.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. 8(disz) gurusz tu-ra u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. ki-su7 du6 gesz-i3-ka gub-ba
4. ugula ab-ba-gi-na
reverse
1. kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
2. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. gu-u2-gu-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ma-an-szum2

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 002372.2 (composite) (P533411) S002372.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292456

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 20.0 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 00698
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075280
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003669
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.698

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1256

    [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. 039, NBC 00698

    [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 14:49:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:43 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, 1256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292456.
BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry (No. P292456). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292456 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292456 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292456},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/18/
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292456.
BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry (No. P292456). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292456 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292456 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292456},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292456
LB  - CDLI:P292456
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292456
ER  -
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