RA 057, 096 18 (P127866)

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 105348

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. 1(u) 2(disz) si ku3 ga2-ra
2. 1(u) 1(disz) si a2 musz 1(disz) ku3 ga2-ra
3. 1(disz) si a2 musz 1(disz) ku3-bi la2-ia3-am3
4. ensi2-ra en3-bi tar-re-dam
5. 2(disz) ib2-la2 zabar la2-ia3-am3
6. 2(u) 9(disz) x dub zi-in-ha-ra uruda
7. 1(disz) gir2
8. ki-la2-bi 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
9. [x-x]-hu#?-um uruda zi a-ra2
reverse
1. [n] ma-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
2. [n ma]-sza-lum uruda
3. 1(disz) [... ki-la2]-bi 1(u) 7(disz) gin2
4. 1(disz) hu-ru-um uruda
5. 1(disz) [...] ki-la2-bi 9(disz) gin2
6. 1(disz) szu2-dul3 zi-in-ha-ra uruda
7. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) gin2
8. hu-bu-um zi-de3 la2-a-bi 3(disz)-am3
9. la2-ia3-am3
10. 1(disz) si-im uruda zi-in-ha-ra e2-ba-an
11. ki-la2-bi 5/6(disz) ma-na 3(disz) gin2
12. 1(disz) tug2 gu2-e3 zi-in-ha-ra
13. la2-ia3 1(disz) si-im zabar e2-ba-an
14. ki ur-{d}suen-ta
15. 1(disz) si-im zabar e2-ba-an
16. ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na 5(disz)#?
17. gin2 kur2-ra2-bi la2-ia3-am3
18. [n] la2 1(disz) si-im zabar ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na
left
1. ki an-na-he-gal2-ta

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/P127866

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105348
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014272
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105348
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-180

References

  • primary: RA 057 (pp. 93-97), 096 18

    [FishLambert1963RA57] Fish, Thomas, and Maurice Lambert. 1963. “« Vérification » Dans La Bureaucratie Sumérienne.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 57: 93–97.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2014-08-19 at 17:04:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:58:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:35 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RA 057, 096 18 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127866.
RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry (No. P127866). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127866 (Original work published 2001)
RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127866 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127866},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127866},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P127866
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127866
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RA 057, 096 18 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P127866.
RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry (No. P127866). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127866 (Original work published 2001)
RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127866 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127866},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127866},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P127866
LB  - CDLI:P127866
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - RA 057, 096 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P127866
ER  -
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