BPOA 06, 1289 (P292492)

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 00737

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

52.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) masz2
2. nam-erim2 ku5-ra2
3. nu-banda3-gu4 sipa unu3
4. u3 szar2-ra-ab-du-ne
5. [sza3 a]-pi4-sal4{ki}
6. [1(disz)] masz2
7. [nam-erim2] ku5-ra2
8. nu-banda3-gu4 sipa unu3
9. [u3 szar2-ra-ab]-du-ne
reverse
1. [sza3 gu2]-de3-na
2. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}nun-gal
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. sza13-dub-ba-ka?
5. ARAD2-zu

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 006055 (composite) (P458765) S006055 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292492

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 46.0 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 00737
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 075315
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003708
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.737

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 1289

    [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 00737

    [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
2018-08-23 at 08:57:01 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-02-22 at 07:29:07 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-07-24 at 11:24:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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, 1289 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292492.
BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry (No. P292492). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292492 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292492 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292492},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 1289 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292492.
BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry (No. P292492). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292492 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292492 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292492},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292492},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292492
LB  - CDLI:P292492
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BPOA 06, 1289 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292492
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