JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 (P111820)

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 04281

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. 1(disz) {gi}kid szer7-ru-um ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) sar
2. 2(u) 5(disz) sa gi
3. ma2-da-la2-sze3
4. ma2 zi3-da-sze3
5. ki lu2-eb-gal-ta
reverse
1. lugal-inim-gi-na szu ba-ti
  blank space
2. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-inim-gi-na dub-sar
2. dumu lugal-nesag-e
  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 003524 (composite) (P456234) S003524 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P111820

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 04281
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012275
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-007257
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.4281

References

  • primary: JCS 02 (pp. 165-202), 185 NBC 4281

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

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 173, NBC 04281

    [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
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 20:37:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-04-04 at 06:26:13 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-06-20 at 12:31:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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 10:08:11 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 Artifacts

“JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111820.
JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 artifact entry (No. P111820). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111820 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111820 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111820},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111820.
JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 artifact entry (No. P111820). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111820 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 02, 185 NBC 4281 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111820 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {JCS 02, 185 {NBC} 4281 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111820},
}


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