JNES 63, 003 (P208683)

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 107955

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Judgment of the ensi concerning a fugitive.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) im-ti-e2?
 en: 1 (full time worker) Imti-e2?,
2. ARAD2 e2-gal
 en: slave of the palace,
3. mu 3(disz)-am3
 en: for three years
4. i3-zah3-am3
 en: fled;
5. ia3-nagar-e
 en: Ya-nagar
6. pa-ag2 i3-ze2-e
 en: shall cut the “breath;”
reverse
1. a2-zi-da
 en: To Azida
2. ba-an-tum2-mu
 en: he shall bring him;
3. igi ensi2-ka-sze3 ba-ge-en8
 en: before the ensi it was confirmed.
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
 en: Year: “Amar-Suen, the king, destroyed Urbilum.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Judgment of the ensi concerning a fugitive.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P208683

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 107955
Accession Number 1913-04-16, 2787

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059977
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.107955
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-2787

References

  • primary: JNES 63 (pp. 1-16), 3

    [Molina2004JNES63] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2004. “On Terms for Cutting Plants and Noses in Ancient Sumer.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (1): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1086/382555.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-15 at 17:42:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-08-22 at 12:19:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-04-09 at 06:44:03 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:47 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JNES 63, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208683.
JNES 63, 003 artifact entry (No. P208683). (2024, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208683 (Original work published 2002)
JNES 63, 003 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208683 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {JNES 63, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208683},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“JNES 63, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208683.
JNES 63, 003 artifact entry (No. P208683). (2024, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208683 (Original work published 2002)
JNES 63, 003 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208683 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
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	month = {jun 15},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208683},
}


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