STU 37 (P130463)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL Bedale 37

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

37.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. a2 lu2 hun-ga2-sze3
3. ki da-a-ga-ta
4. lugal!-ku3#-ga-ni
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
2. iti szu-numun
  blank space
  seal impression
3. mu an-sza{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-ku3-ga-ni
2. dumu al-la sukkal

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 37.0 high × 39.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • primary: STU, 37

    [Bedale1915STU] Bedale, Charles L. 1915. Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

  • history: JSOR 13 (pp. 175-180), 180 53

    [Mercer1929JSOR13] Mercer, Samuel A. 1929. “Some Babylonian Contracts.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 13: 175–80.

  • collation: BAOM 3, p.37-40, p. 39

    [Gomi1981collations] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Collations to Charles L. Bedale, Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester 1915.” Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo 3: 37–40.

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  • Museum No.: JRL Bedale 37
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:49:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2020-06-09 at 02:13:40 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:43 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003551 (composite) (P456261) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“STU 37 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130463.
STU 37 artifact entry (No. P130463). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130463 (Original work published 2001)
STU 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130463 (Accessed: November 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {STU 37 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130463},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130463},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“STU 37 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130463.
STU 37 artifact entry (No. P130463). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130463 (Original work published 2001)
STU 37 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130463 (Accessed: November 25, 2025).
@misc{2024STU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {STU 37 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130463},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130463},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P130463
LB  - CDLI:P130463
M1  - 2025/11/25/
TI  - STU 37 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130463
ER  - 
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