BPOA 06, 1288 (P292491)

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 00736

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

44.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
2. sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
3. a-sza3 gu4-suhub2 u3 ur-<{d}nin>-ti
4. ugula lugal-{d}isztaran
5. kiszib3 na-ba-sa6
reverse
1. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. na-ba-sa6
2. dumu he2-sa6
3. iszib {d}szara2

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 003843 (composite) (P456553) S003843 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292491

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 44.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 17.0 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 00736
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075314
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003707
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.736

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1288

    [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. 041, NBC 00736

    [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 14:50:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:24:48 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, 1288 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292491.
BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry (No. P292491). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292491 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292491 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1288 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292491.
BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry (No. P292491). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292491 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292491 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292491},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292491
LB  - CDLI:P292491
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1288 artifact entry
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