JCS 31, 238 09 (P112117)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Museum Number

Dartmouth 23-1-7192

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(barig) sze-ba za3-mu
2. a-ba-ki-ni
3. 2(barig) al-lu
4. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. 2(barig) lugal-ezem
6. sze-ba kikken sa2-du11
reverse
1. 4(barig) lugal-nir-gal2 igi ma2
2. 1(barig) 3(ban2) e2-{gesz}ha-lu-<ub2> bahar3#!
3. 1(barig) 3(ban2) {d}szara2-i3-sa6 nagar!
  blank space
4. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P112117

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) Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Museum Number Dartmouth 23-1-7192
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 022106

References

  • primary: JCS 31 (pp. 232- 246), 238 09

    [Foster1979JCS31] Foster, Benjamin R. 1979. “Texts and Fragments.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 31 (4): 232–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359753.

  • history: Orient 55, p.117-154, p. 127 5

    [Widell2020Hood] Widell, Magnus. 2020. “Ur III Economy and Bureaucracy. The Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablets in the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (I).” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 117–54.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-19 at 18:48:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2022-03-05 at 16:28:01 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:38:43 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-06-24 at 09:35:14 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:09:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:22 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 31, 238 09 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112117.
JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry (No. P112117). (2024, June 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112117 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112117 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	month = {jun 19},
	title = {JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112117},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112117},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 31, 238 09 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112117.
JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry (No. P112117). (2024, June 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112117 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112117 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 19},
	title = {JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112117},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112117},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/19/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P112117
LB  - CDLI:P112117
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - JCS 31, 238 09 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112117
ER  -
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