BRM 3, 116 (P107317)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02404

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sar kin sahar
2. a2 lu2 hun-ga2
3. [...] 2(u)? sila3-ta
4. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz)-kam gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. a-sza3 du6-{d}szara2
6. 1(gesz'u) 5(u) 7(disz) al? 4(disz) sar-ta
7. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) gurusz x u4 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. al u4 gid2-da
2. a-sza3 sipa-e-ne
3. ugula in-sa6-sa6
4. mu lugal-e2-mah-e
5. mu a-ab-ba-ka
  1 line blank
6. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
7. iti diri
  some text moved to next line
8. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
9. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)
seal 1
1. lugal-e2-mah#-[e]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-ku3-ga?-ni?

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 003415.1 (composite) (P533682) S003415.1 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P107317

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 02404
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003869
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002351
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2404

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 116

    [Keiser1914BRM3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1914. Cuneiform Bullae of the Third Millennium B.C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-06-20 at 10:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:33 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BRM 3, 116 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107317.
BRM 3, 116 artifact entry (No. P107317). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107317 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 116 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107317 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107317},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107317
LB  - CDLI:P107317
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BRM 3, 116 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107317
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BRM 3, 116 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107317.
BRM 3, 116 artifact entry (No. P107317). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107317 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 116 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107317 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 3, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107317},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107317
LB  - CDLI:P107317
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BRM 3, 116 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107317
ER  -
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