Ontario 2, 427 (P209684)

Administrative tag 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 925.062.448

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sze zi3-da
 en: of barley and flour,
3. kiszib3 ur-zu
 en: sealed documents of Urzu
  S004732 (S32 iii-S46 i), S004733 (S46 xii-S48 xi)
4. u3 kiszib3 ugula kikken-na-ke4-ne
 en: and sealed documents of the foremen of the millworks,
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209684

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 925.062.448
Accession Number D0444

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060854

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 427

    [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
2015-07-05 at 11:27:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:20:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:38:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:59 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, 427 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209684.
Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry (No. P209684). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209684
Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209684 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209684},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 427 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209684.
Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry (No. P209684). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209684
Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209684 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209684},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209684},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209684
LB  - CDLI:P209684
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - Ontario 2, 427 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209684
ER  -
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