BPOA 06, 0492 (P312686)

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 14187

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

51.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)
2. tug2-gur8 1/2(iku) 1(disz) sar GAN2-ta
3. gesz a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
4. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 4(u)
5. 4(iku) GAN2 uru4-a
reverse
1. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 8(disz)
2. ki szum2-ma
3. a-sza3 ugur2-tur
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-mah mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
2. dumu lugal-a2-zi-da
3. gudu4 e2-mah

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 005436 (composite) (P458146) S005436 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P312686

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 51.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 14187
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074687
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-027604
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.14187

References

  • primary: BPOA 6, 492

    [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.

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
2013-07-08 at 15:54:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-10-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0492 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312686.
BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry (No. P312686). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312686 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312686 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312686},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312686},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BPOA 06, 0492 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312686.
BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry (No. P312686). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312686 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312686 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312686},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312686},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312686
LB  - CDLI:P312686
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - BPOA 06, 0492 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312686
ER  -
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