Ontario 2, 318 (P209807)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 910x209.374

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur
2. masz2 gur-ra 1(gesz2) 4(u) sila3-ta
3. ki u-bar-ta
4. isz-me-{d}en-lil2
5. [szu ba]-ti
reverse
1. iti udru{duru5}
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e
3. e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
seal 1
1. ta2-hi-sza-tal
2. masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
3. szu-{d}en-lil2
4. u3?

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 004268 (composite) (P456978) S004268 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209807

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum Number ROM 910x209.374
Accession Number D0906

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060977

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 318

    [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
2011-07-22 at 14:38:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:02 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, 318 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209807.
Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry (No. P209807). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209807
Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209807 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209807},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209807
LB  - CDLI:P209807
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209807
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 318 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209807.
Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry (No. P209807). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209807
Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209807 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209807},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209807
LB  - CDLI:P209807
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - Ontario 2, 318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209807
ER  -
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