BRM 3, 179 (P107379)

Administrative tag 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 02514

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak
 en: inspections;
3. giri3-se3-ga lugal
 en: personnel of the king,
4. giri3-se3-ga ensi2#?-ka#
 en: personnel of the ensis(?),
5. sipa unu3
 en: shepherds, cattle herdsmen
reverse
1. u3 erin2 diri lu2 didli zah3 ugula nu-tuku
 en: and extra worktroops, various men, flown, lacking foremen,
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
3. mu si#-mu-ru-[um{ki}] lu-lu-bu a-ra2# [n-kam-asz] ba-hul#
 en: year: “Simurum and Lullubu for the nth time were destoyed.”
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P107379

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 02514
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003931
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002461
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2514

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 179

    [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.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 077

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2017-07-11 at 12:34:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:32 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:35 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, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107379.
BRM 3, 179 artifact entry (No. P107379). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107379 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107379 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107379},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P107379
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BRM 3, 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107379
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BRM 3, 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107379.
BRM 3, 179 artifact entry (No. P107379). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107379 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107379 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107379},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107379
LB  - CDLI:P107379
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BRM 3, 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107379
ER  -
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