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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Measurements

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P110463

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105393
Accession Number 1913-04-16, 0225

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012110
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105393
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-225

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2011-07-22 at 13:31:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:46 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“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: May 13, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“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: May 13, 2026).
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