BPOA 06, 0907 (P293352)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 00183

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

64.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-nita2
 en: 1 male slave,
2. er3-ri-isz mu-ni
 en: Erriš by name,
3. lu2 la-ga-am3
 en: ...,
4. e2-gal-e-gi-gi-ma in-ni-im-gar
 en: ...,
5. 7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: 7 shekels silver
6. na-sa6-ke4
 en: for Nasa
7. sa10-ma-ni-sze3
 en: as his exchange value
8. i3-li2-ki-ib-ri2
 en: did Ilī-kibrī,
9. in-na-la2
 en: weigh out;
10. mu lugal nu#-ub-gi4-gi4-da in-na-pa3
 en: He swore the royal name of not contesting,
reverse
1. 1(disz) lu2-du10-ga nu-{gesz}kiri6
 en: 1 Lu-duga, the orchardist,
2. 1(disz) lugal-{d}utu szusz3
 en: 1 Lugal-Utu, the cattle manager,
3. 1(disz) a-ga unu3
 en: 1 Aga, the large cattle herder,
4. 1(disz) e-la-ak-szu-qir sipa {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: 1 Elak-šuqir, shepherd of Enlil,
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma dub-sar
 en: 1 Ur-Lamma, the scribe,
6. 1(disz) {d}en-lil2-la2 sipa gu4
 en: 1 Enlila, herder of oxen,
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
 en: are the witnesses hereby;
8. mu e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3
 en: year: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P293352

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 64.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00183
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074847
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003154
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.183

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 907

    [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. 013, NBC 00183

    [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
2016-07-28 at 14:15:48 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-02-17 at 14:18:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0907 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293352.
BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry (No. P293352). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293352 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293352 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	month = {feb 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293352},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0907 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293352.
BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry (No. P293352). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293352 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293352 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293352},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293352},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P293352
LB  - CDLI:P293352
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0907 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P293352
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