BPOA 06, 1264 (P292464)

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 00707

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

57.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) zi3-gu [saga]
2. 1(barig) zi3-gu [du]
3. 4(ban2) zi3-<gu> us2
4. 2(barig) dabin
5. 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun KA#?
6. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga gesz-gi4-a
7. 1(ban2) egir i3
8. 2(disz) ku6 kun-zi
9. 2(asz) gu2 szum2 gaz
reverse
1. 4(asz) gu2 szum2-sikil
2. ki si-NE-e-ta
3. 2(barig) dabin
4. 1(ban2) zi3-gu saga
5. 2(ban2) zi3-gu us2
6. ki lugal-iti-da-ta
7. 2(disz) udul2 i3-nun ku6
8. 1(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
9. ga gal-gal
10. ga gazi 1(asz) gu2 kun-[...]
11. 3(ban2) gesz 1(disz) gi [...]
12. ki ur-nigar{gar}-[ta]
left
1. 1(disz) sze#? dug dida ki sa6-sa6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292464

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 57.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 16.0 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 00707
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075288
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003678
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.707

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1264

    [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. 040, NBC 00707

    [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 14:49:59 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, 1264 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292464.
BPOA 06, 1264 artifact entry (No. P292464). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292464 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292464 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1264 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292464.
BPOA 06, 1264 artifact entry (No. P292464). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292464 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1264 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292464 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292464},
}


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