BPOA 07, 2459 (P293802)

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 04242

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

95.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. sze {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2 sza3 bala-a
3. dumu gudu4 {d}szara2 umma{ki}
4. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze szuku-ra tak4-a lugal-me-a u3 szesz-kal-la
5. 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sza3-gal ur-ra
6. kiszib3 8(disz)-am3 ensi2-ka
7. 6(asz) gur kiszib3 igi-{d}szara2-sze3
8. 8(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) <gur> lu2-{d}nin-szubur
9. 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) <gur> a2-ni-ta
10. 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur {d}szara2-kam
11. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur ur-dingir-ra
12. 9(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ur-{d}iszkur
13. sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2
14. 2(asz) gur im-nu-me-te-ti
15. 5(asz) gur igi-si4
16. 1(asz) [...]-dingir
17. [...] gur
18. [...]
reverse
1. 2(asz) gur ziz2-numun lugal-e2-mah-e
2. 2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) ziz2-numun ur-mes
3. 4(barig) [...] lugal-nesag-e
4. [...] ziz2 2(ban2) gig
5. [u4]-sakar gu-la
6. [kiszib3] szesz-kal-la
7. [...] sze gur
8. [... ziz2] gur nig2-ezem-ma
9. [kiszib3] ur-{d}ma-mi
10. 1(barig) ziz2 ka-ku3
11. 1(asz) ziz2-numun <gur> ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
12. 2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) gur lu2-gi-na
13. 7(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
14. 5(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur 1(asz) gig gur
15. 3(asz) ($ blank space $) kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
16. szunigin 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze gur
17. szunigin 1(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) ziz2 <gur> 1(asz) 2(ban2) gig <gur>
18. kiszib3 lu2 nig2-dab5-ke4-ne
19. ki lugal-nig2-lagar-e-ta
20. ensi2-ke4 ba-an-dab5
21. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
left
1. sag-nig2-gur11-bi lugal-ku3-zu i3-gal2

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 95.0 high × 48.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 7, 2459

[Sigrist2009BPOA7] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2009. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Tablets from the Yale Babylonian Collection. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 7. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
citation: CBCY 3, p. 171, NBC 04242

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 04242
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:52:10	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:50:14	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-06-12 at 10:25:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (076889) (076889)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-007218) (BC-007218)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.4242) (NBC.4242)

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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2459 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293802.

BPOA 07, 2459 artifact entry (No. P293802). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293802 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2459 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293802 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293802},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 2459 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P293802.

BPOA 07, 2459 artifact entry (No. P293802). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293802 (Original work published 2006)

BPOA 07, 2459 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293802 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2459 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293802},
}

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