JMEOS 12, 37 3472 (P112294)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

MMUM —

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. 3(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ka i7 amusz sahar# si-ga
3. ugula lugal-igi-husz
4. kiszib3 da-da-ga
reverse
  double ruling
1. mu bad3 mar-tu# ba-du3
seal 1
1. da-da-ga
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3

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 002124.2 (composite) (P533370) S002124.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P112294

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) Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Museum Number MMUM —
Accession Number O 03472

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 006649

References

  • primary: JMEOS 12, p.29-48, p. 37 3472

    [Fish1926Behrens] Fish, Thomas. 1926. “The ‘Behrens Collection’ of Sumerian Tablets in the Manchester Museum.” Journal of the Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society 12: 29–48.

  • history: JSOR 12 (pp. 35-42, 146-150), 37 11

    [Mercer1928JSOR12] Mercer, Samuel A. 1928. “Some Babylonian Contracts/ Some Babylonian Temple Records.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 12: 35–42, 146–50.

  • collation: RA 76, p.7-15, p. 10

    [Gomi1982Manchester] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. “Neo-Sumerian Tablets of the Manchester Museum: Published and Unpublished.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76: 7–15.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-02 at 09:43:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 16:38:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:09:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:34:50 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:39:05 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JMEOS 12, 37 3472 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112294.
JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (No. P112294). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Original work published 2001)
JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“JMEOS 12, 37 3472 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112294.
JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (No. P112294). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Original work published 2001)
JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
}


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