MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 (P112579)

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 105430

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(u) 3(disz) szu gu4
2. 1(disz) szu ab2
3. ri-ri-ga
4. gu4 szu-gi4 engar-ta gur-ra
5. ki usz-mu-ta
6. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
2. giri3 dingir-ra
  1 line blank
3. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a-a-[kal-la]
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu

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 000033 (composite) (P430134) S000033 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P112579

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105430
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012383
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105430
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-262

References

  • primary: MCS 1, 54, BM 105430

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 21

    [Gomi1981MCS] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Kollationen Zu Den von T. Fish in Manchester Cuneiform Studies Veröffentlichten Neusumerischen Texten in Grossbritannien, I.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 17: 19–48.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112579.
MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 artifact entry (No. P112579). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112579 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112579 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 1, 54, {BM} 105430 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112579},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112579.
MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 artifact entry (No. P112579). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112579 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112579 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 1, 54, {BM} 105430 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112579},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112579
LB  - CDLI:P112579
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - MCS 1, 54, BM 105430 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112579
ER  -
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