BPOA 06, 0139 (P312553)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 13659

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

85.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz)
3. 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz)
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
7. 1(gesz'u) 3(u) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
8. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 3(u)
9. a-sza3 {d}szara2 u3 a-sza3 muru13
10. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) sar nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta
11. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)
12. 6(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar nig2-gul 8(disz) sar-ta
reverse
1. a2-bi u4 4(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz)
2. a-sza3 sipa-da
3. a2 lu2 hun-ga2 a2 6(disz) sila3-ta
4. 3(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
5. a2-bi u4 1(asz) 2(barig)
6. a2 sza3-gu4 a-sza3 muru13 u3 a-sza3 {d}szara2
7. a-sza3-ge kin ak
8. ugula lugal-ku3-zu
9. kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
10. giri3 mes-e2
11. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. gu-u2-gu-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ma-an-szum2

Consult previous versions and their differences
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): 85.0 high × 54.0 wide × 23.0 thick
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  • primary: BPOA 6, 139

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 13659
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-06-12 at 10:25:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002372.2 (composite) (P533411) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BPOA 06, 0139 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P312553.
BPOA 06, 0139 artifact entry (No. P312553). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P312553 (Original work published 2006)
BPOA 06, 0139 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P312553 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {BPOA 06, 0139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P312553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P312553},
}


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