JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 (P111818)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 03056

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. 2(disz) {gi}szer7-um ki-la2-bi
2. 1(u) 2(disz) sar 1(u) gin2
3. ma2 zi3-sze3
4. ki szesz-kal-la-ta
5. dingir-ra-ke4
reverse
1. [szu] ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
3. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da e2-a ba-kux(KWU636)
seal 1
1. dingir-ra-[kam]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-ga
  following Mayr

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 002181 (composite) (P454891) S002181 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P111818

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 03056
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012273
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-006029
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.3056

References

  • primary: JCS 02 (pp. 165-202), 185 NBC 3056

    [Goetze1948JCS2ReedMats] Goetze, Albrecht. 1948. “Umma Texts Concerning Reed Mats.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 2 (3): 165–202. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359408.

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 197 (seal)

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 132, NBC 03056

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-11 at 09:14:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 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
2018-04-14 at 05:15:54 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-10-31 at 20:37:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-06-13 at 00:37:32 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-06-10 at 01:08:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-06-10 at 01:06:07 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:33:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:08:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:14 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111818.
JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 artifact entry (No. P111818). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111818 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111818 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {JCS 02, 185 {NBC} 3056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111818},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111818.
JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 artifact entry (No. P111818). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111818 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111818 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {JCS 02, 185 {NBC} 3056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111818},
}


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TI  - JCS 02, 185 NBC 3056 artifact entry
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