BPOA 06, 0099 (P312543)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 13606

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

45.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) e2-ba-an
2. {gesz}umbin {gesz}gigir-ra
3. sze-gin2-bi 3(disz) ma-na
4. dabin-bi 1(disz) sila3
5. esir2 E2-A-bi 2(disz) sila3
6. nig2 u-nu-a siki-ud5-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na
reverse
1. ki {d}szara2-kam-ta
2. {gesz}gigir zi-gum2-ma-sze3
3. ba-szi-gar
4. giri3 nu-ur2-zu lu2 kin-gi4-a
5. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
6. mu us2-sa en ga-esz{ki} ba hun-ga2
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-e [szusz3]

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 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) S002932.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P312543

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 45.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 13606
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074567
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027020
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13606

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 99

    [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.

  • 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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-02-18 at 02:28:13 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-02-18 at 02:27:45 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:47 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 Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0099 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312543.
BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry (No. P312543). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312543 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312543 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312543},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0099 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312543.
BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry (No. P312543). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312543 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312543 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312543},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312543
LB  - CDLI:P312543
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312543
ER  -
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