BPOA 06, 0226 (P312585)

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 13788

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

40.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze
2. sza3-gal udu niga
3. nig2-ul-pa-e3
4. ki gu-du-du-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}ma-mi
2. iti {d}dumu-zi
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ma-mi
2. dumu inim-{d}szara2
3. kuruszda {d}szara2-ka

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 005133 (composite) (P457843) S005133 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P312585

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 13.0 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 13788
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074599
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027202
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13788

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 226

    [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
2011-07-22 at 14:51:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:51 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, 0226 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312585.
BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry (No. P312585). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312585 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312585 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312585},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 06, 0226 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312585.
BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry (No. P312585). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312585 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312585 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312585},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312585},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312585
LB  - CDLI:P312585
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0226 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312585
ER  -
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