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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

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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

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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

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: PTS 1274
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.13.00 (intercalated) (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (012289)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004733 (composite) (P457443)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.46.12.00, Šulgi.48.11.00

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“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 20, 2025).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201380},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201380},
}

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“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 20, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {JCS 02, 188 {PTS} 1274 artifact entry},
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