BPOA 07, 2473 (P312761)

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 15889

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

42.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] zu2-lum lugal
2. 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
3. giri3 lam-ma
4. 1(ban2) zu2-lum en-en
5. 1(ban2) zu2-lum u4-[...]-su
6. ki {d}[...]
reverse
1. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
2. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
3. iti {d}dumu-zi
4. mu ki-masz{ki} hu-[ur5]-ti{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dub-sar
3. dumu du10-ga
4. szabra

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 003193.4 (composite) (P533606) S003193.4 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P312761

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 42.0 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 15889
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 074725
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-029153
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.15889

References

  • primary: BPOA 7, 2473

    [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.

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 14:51:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:59 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 Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2473 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312761.
BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry (No. P312761). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312761 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312761 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312761},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 07, 2473 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P312761.
BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry (No. P312761). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312761 (Original work published 2009)
BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312761 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312761},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P312761
LB  - CDLI:P312761
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BPOA 07, 2473 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P312761
ER  -
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