JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 (P201380)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PTS 1274

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. 2(disz) {gi}kid szer7-um
2. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
3. ma2 zi3 sig15 lugal-gaba-ka ba-a-dulx(|URxA|)
4. 1(disz) {gi}kid szer7-um
5. ki-la2-bi 5/6(disz) sar
6. ma2 zi3-da zi-[...]-di
7. ba-a-dulx(|URxA|)
reverse
1. ki lu2-igi-sa6-sa6-ga-ta
2. kiszib3 ur-zu
3. iti diri
  some text moved to next line
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-zu
2. dub-sar zi3-da
3. dumu a2-zi-da

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 004733 (composite) (P457443) S004733 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.12.00, Šulgi.48.11.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P201380

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) Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Museum Number PTS 1274
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012289

References

  • primary: JCS 02 (pp. 165-202), 188 PTS 1274

    [Goetze1948JCS2ReedMats] Goetze, Albrecht. 1948. “Umma Texts Concerning Reed Mats.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 2 (3): 165–202. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359408.

  • history: Princeton 2, 381

    [Sigrist2005Princeton2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2005. Tablets from the Princeton Theological Seminary: Ur III Period. Part 2. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 18. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-11 at 09:14:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-07-23 at 12:11:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:33:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:38 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P201380.
JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 artifact entry (No. P201380). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201380 (Original work published 2002)
JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201380 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P201380.
JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 artifact entry (No. P201380). (2024, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201380 (Original work published 2002)
JCS 02, 188 PTS 1274 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201380 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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