CST (JRL) 880 (P108387)

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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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0880

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]
  blank space
2. ki [...]
3. 1(asz) GAN2 lugal-ku3-zu szesz-[tab-ba] dumu lu2-{d}szara2
4. 1(asz) lu2-giri17-zal dumu-[ni]
5. szesz-tab-ba lugal-ku3-zu nu-banda3-gu4
6. [x] aga3-us2
  blank space
7. nu-banda3-gu4-ke4 i3-dab5
8. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 ha-ti engar
9. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 lu2-dingir-ra
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}su4-da
11. dumu-ni-me
12. 1(disz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) lugal-hi-li
13. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}inanna
14. dumu lu2-eb-gal ba-usz2-me
15. 1(asz@c) GAN2 al-ba-ni-du11 dumu da-mu
16. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 ur-mes dumu ur-gu2-edin-na szesz ha-ti
17. ha-ti i3-dab5
18. ki ab-ba-saga nu-banda3-gu4-ta
19. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-dingir-ra engar
20. 1(asz) ur-{d}szu-kal
21. [n] inim-{d}szara2
22. [dumu]-ni-me
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. dumu#-ni-[me]
2'. n SIG7-a a-kal-la x
3'. ur#-dingir-ra i3-dab5
4'. [1(asz@c)] GAN2# ug3 lu2-{d}utu engar# dumu gu-u2-gu#
5'. 1(asz@c) GAN2# ug3 lu2-{d}szara2 szesz-a#-ni#
6'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 nig2#-lagar#-e# dumu lugal-me-lam2?
  uncertain readings
7'. ki i7-pa-e3 nu-banda3-gu4-ta
8'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}hal-mu-DU dumu lugal-iti-da
9'. nu-{gesz}kiri6 musz-bi-an-na-sze3
  me-esz2?
10'. lu2-{d}utu i3-dab5
11'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-gu2-de3-na engar
12'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 engar-zi szesz-a-ni
13'. ki lugal-nesag-e nu-banda3-gu4-ta
14'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 ur-{d}da-mu dumu ur-am3-ma
15'. ki <x>-ta
16'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 bar-ku3-ge dumu {d}szara2-kam giri17-dab5
17'. ki a-a-kal-la ugula-ta
18'. ur-gu2-de3#-na# i3-dab5#
19'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 x [...] x
reverse
column 1
1. [ki ... nu]-banda3#-gu4-ta
2. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ARAD2# dumu ad-da
3. 1(asz) da-da-mu#
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-[x]
5. dumu-ni-me
6. ki lugal-ku3-zu nu-banda3-gu4-ta
7. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-{gesz}gigir-re lu2 ur-dam
8. 1(disz) ARAD2-{d}szara2# dumu-ni
9. ki ba-sa6 nu-banda3-gu4-ta
10. 1(asz@c) GAN2 szesz-kal-la dumu# hu-un-sa6#-[x?]
11. 1(asz@c)# a-a-kal-la [...]
12. x-he2-[gal2 i3-dab5]
  blank space
13. szunigin [n] nu-banda3#-[gu4]
14. szunigin [n] gurusz# szesz-tab-[ba]
15. [szunigin n] gurusz aga3-[us2]
16. [szunigin n] dumu-nita2#?
  blank space
17. nu-banda3-gu4 i3#-dab5#
18. szunigin# n 2(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz# [x]
19. szunigin# 1(u@c) GAN2# gurusz# [x]
  rest broken
column 2
1. [szunigin] n 3(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz# [x]
2. szunigin 5(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz sza3#-gu4#
3. szunigin 1(asz) dumu-nita2 2(ban2) 2(disz)
4. szunigin# 1(asz)# dumu-nita2 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-ta
5. [szunigin n] dumu-nita2
  blank space
6. [...]
7. 1(u) [...]-ga
8. x [...]-da# 5(disz) BAD x-na-ta e-ra
9. [x x] a-sza3 x
10. x [...] x [...]
11. [iti] min-[esz3]
12. [mu] us2-sa {d}[szu-{d}suen lugal] uri5[{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3] mar-tu# [mu-du3 ...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST (JRL), 880

    [Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 138

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: JRL 0880
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.07.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-07-22 at 12:53:02 Pottorf, Andrew Atf Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-08-27 at 16:17:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:55:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-08-06 at 14:13:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:57:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:09:21 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:25:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 880 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108387.
CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry (No. P108387). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108387 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108387 (Accessed: October 9, 2025).
@misc{2025CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 880 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108387},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108387
LB  - CDLI:P108387
M1  - 2025/10/9/
TI  - CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108387
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 880 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108387.
CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry (No. P108387). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108387 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108387 (Accessed: October 9, 2025).
@misc{2025CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 880 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108387},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108387
LB  - CDLI:P108387
M1  - 2025/10/9/
TI  - CST (JRL) 880 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108387
ER  -
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