MCS 4, 018 12 (P112766)

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

Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.023

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. diri 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
 en: Surplus: 142 gur 4 barig 3 ban2 barley,
2. sze GAN2-gu4
 en: barley of GANgu-fields,
3. a-ab-ba-ta
 en: from A’abba(’s account)
4. zi-zi-dam
 en: to be booked out;
5. 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 lu2-gi-na
 en: 4 barig 3 ban2 2 sila3, Lugina;
reverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal
 en: 13 gur, 5 ban2 barley, royal (measure);
  blank space
2. ur-e2-an-na
 en: Ur-Eanna;
3. 1(bur3) sze GAN2-gu4-suhub2 ki lugal-e2-mah-e
 en: 1 bur3 GAN-oxenboots, with Lugal-Emaḫ;
4. 5(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze-ba gub-ba a-sza3 {d}szara2
 en: 51 gur 3 barig barley-ration, stationed, field of Šara.
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P112766

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) World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Museum Number WML 51.63.023
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012700

References

  • primary: MCS 4, 018 12

    [Fish1954MCS4] Fish, Thomas. 1954. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 4.

  • history: BBVO 10, p. 51

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • history: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 57 56

    [Gomi1980Liverpool] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 16: 1–110.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:34 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MCS 4, 018 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112766.
MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry (No. P112766). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112766 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112766 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112766},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112766},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 4, 018 12 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112766.
MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry (No. P112766). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112766 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112766 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112766},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112766},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P112766
LB  - CDLI:P112766
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - MCS 4, 018 12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112766
ER  -
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