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Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 (P110463)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105393

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(disz) udu hi-a
2. 1(u) ud5 masz2 hi-a
3. nag-su{ki}-a e2-ri-a tu-ru-na-bi
4. 1(disz) i-szar-a-hi aga3-us2 lugal lu2 nag-su{ki}-ke4
5. im-ta-an-ba-al
6. 1(disz) igi-a-a ha-za-num2 nag-su{ki}-ke4
reverse
1. igi ensi2-ka-sze3 mu-lah5?
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu ur-{d}asznan-ke4
3. lu-mu-um bi2-in-du11
4. ha-za-num2 nag-su{ki} u3 aga3-us2 lugal-ke4
5. nibru{ki}-sze3 la-he?-dam
6. iti szu-numun
some text moved to next line
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen-ke4 sza-asz-szu2-<ru>-um{ki} mu-hul

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

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

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primary: Iraq 5 (p. 157-179), 168, BM 105393

[Fish1938Iraq5] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “The Sumerian City Nippur in the Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Iraq 5: 157–79. https://doi.org/10.2307/4241631.
history: NG 2, 120a

[Falkenstein1956NG2] Falkenstein, Adam. 1956. Die Neusumerische Gerichtsurkunden. Zweiter Teil: Umschrift, Übersetzung Und Kommentar. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 40. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Museum No.: BM 105393
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 0225

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Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.06.00
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Accounting Period: 0

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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:31:42	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:13:36	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:46	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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“Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P110463.

Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 artifact entry (No. P110463). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110463 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110463 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110463},
}

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“Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P110463.

Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 artifact entry (No. P110463). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110463 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 05, 168, BM 105393 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110463 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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