BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 (P312516)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 13290 & YBC 13295

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) ad6? udu
2. ki tu-ra-a szusz3
3. ik-szu-dum szagina
4. mu aga3-us2
5. szu ba-an-ti giri3 szu-esz18-dar
reverse
1. iti ni-ik-mu-um
2. mu en {d}inanna unu-ga{ki} ba-hun
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [ik-szu-dum] szagina
2'. [szu] ba-an-ti
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. mu en {d}inanna unu-ga{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ik-szu-dum
2. szagina
3. kisz{ki}
4. 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 005886 (composite) (P458596) S005886 uncertain (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P312516

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 48.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 13290 & YBC 13295
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 172877

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 3022 & 3023

    [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.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, dissertation p. 195-

    [Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 8, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P312516.
BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry (No. P312516). (2006, February 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312516
BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312516 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
@misc{2006BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {feb 8},
	title = {BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312516},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312516},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/2/8/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P312516
LB  - CDLI:P312516
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312516
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 8, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P312516.
BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry (No. P312516). (2006, February 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312516
BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312516 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
@misc{2006BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {feb 8},
	title = {BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312516},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312516},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/2/8/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P312516
LB  - CDLI:P312516
M1  - 2026/6/15/
TI  - BPOA 07, 3022 & 3023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312516
ER  -
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