NBC 04261 (P293819)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 04261

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

44.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3
2. kun-zi-da u3-bad-da-ke4 a be-li2-a-ri2-ik-sze3
3. u2 ga6-ga2
4. ugula a-gu-gu
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-mes
2. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu na-ga-lu5

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 43.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • history: ENES, 0612 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: Mayr SITU, 0980B

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • citation: CBCY 3, 172 NBC 04261

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 04261
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-04-21 at 11:51:11 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003275 (composite) (P477980) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NBC 04261 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293819.
NBC 04261 artifact entry (No. P293819). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293819 (Original work published 2006)
NBC 04261 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293819 (Accessed: March 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {NBC 04261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293819},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P293819},
}


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