BM 105363 (P208870)

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 105363

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(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ak 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2-ta
2. gesz ur3-<<A>>-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
3. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 3(u)-kam
4. 3(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 gesz ur3 a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
5. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz)?-kam
6. a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti
7. 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 gesz ur3 a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
8. a2-bi u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
9. a-sza3 a-ba-gal-{d}en-lil2-[la2]
10. 7(gesz2) sar gi SIG7-a 3(u) sar#-ta
11. a2-bi u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
12. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar nig2-gul 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
13. a2#-bi u4 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz)-kam
reverse
1. [n sar] gi SIG7-a 4(u) sar-ta
2. [a2-bi] u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
3. [3(gesz2) 5(u)]+2(u) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 5(u)-kam
5. a2 lu2 hun-ga2 5(disz) sila3-ta
6. a-sza3-ge kin ak
7. a-sza3 uku2-nu-<ti> gu-la
8. u3 a-ba-gal-{d}en-lil2-la2
9. ugula da-du-mu
10. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
  blank space
11. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu tir-gu

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 004119 (composite) (P456829) S004119 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P208870

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105363
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 057490
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105363
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-195

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 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-26 at 09:25:17 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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

“BM 105363 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208870.
BM 105363 artifact entry (No. P208870). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208870 (Original work published 2002)
BM 105363 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208870 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 105363 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208870},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208870},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208870
LB  - CDLI:P208870
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 105363 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208870
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 105363 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208870.
BM 105363 artifact entry (No. P208870). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208870 (Original work published 2002)
BM 105363 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208870 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 105363 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208870},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208870},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P208870
LB  - CDLI:P208870
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - BM 105363 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P208870
ER  -
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