BPOA 06, 1260 (P292460)

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 00703

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

48.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 19.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) gurusz 3(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(disz) gur
3. sze ur5-ra a-sza3 du6 isztaran-ta
4. ki ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
reverse
1. mu puzur4-{d}utu szagina-sze3
2. kiszib3 i-bi2-{d}suen ha-za-num2 i3-gal2
3. e2-ki-bi lu2 kas4 maszkim
4. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul

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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): 48.0 high × 43.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • primary: BPOA 6, 1260

    [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: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 401-402 09

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 039, NBC 00703

    [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 00703
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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
2016-07-28 at 14:15:59 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-11-18 at 06:40:53 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:49:58 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1260 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292460.
BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry (No. P292460). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292460 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292460 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292460},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292460},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
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ID  - P292460
LB  - CDLI:P292460
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292460
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1260 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292460.
BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry (No. P292460). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292460 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292460 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292460},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292460},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292460
LB  - CDLI:P292460
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1260 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292460
ER  -
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