Ontario 2, 118 (P209378)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 967.287.012

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(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu u2
2. u4-sakar gu-la
3. 1(disz) udu niga 3(disz) udu u2
4. 1(disz) masz2 {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz)
5. 1(disz) udu niga 4(disz) udu u2 1(disz) sila4
6. {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz)
7. 1(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu u2
8. a2 u4-da
reverse
1. 1(disz) udu u2 nig2-dab5 sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar-ra [...]
2. 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu u2
3. e2-mah
4. sa2-du11 {d}szara2
5. ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
6. zi-ga-am3
7. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba
8. mu us2-sa en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209378

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) Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum Number ROM 967.287.012
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060548

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 118

    [Sigrist2004Ontario2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2004. Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum. II: Administrative Texts Mainly from Umma. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-01-18 at 17:42:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:37:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:48 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

“Ontario 2, 118 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209378.
Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry (No. P209378). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209378
Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209378 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209378},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
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LB  - CDLI:P209378
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 118 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209378.
Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry (No. P209378). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209378
Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209378 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209378},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209378},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209378
LB  - CDLI:P209378
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - Ontario 2, 118 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209378
ER  -
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