Ontario 2, 478 (P209809)

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 910x209.412

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. 3(disz) ma-na siki
2. szi-szar-ra-at
3. 2(disz) ba-a-a
4. 2(disz) a-a-ar
5. 2(disz) nin-ga2-ne-ka
6. 1(disz) u4-ma-ni-gar
7. 2(disz) ni-za-tum
8. 2(disz) sze3-bi2-ni-ib
9. 2(disz) gal-la-a
10. 2(disz) az-za-at
11. 2(disz) sza-at-i3-li2
12. 2(disz) {d}ba-ba6-nin-am3
reverse
1. 2(disz) nin-{d}lamma muhaldim
2. 2(disz)#
3. 2(disz)#
4. 1(disz)#
5. szunigin2 4(u) ma-na
6. siki geme2 e2-a
7. mu [... ba]-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209809

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 910x209.412
Accession Number D0944

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060979

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 478

    [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
2017-03-03 at 10:11:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
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, 478 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209809.
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (No. P209809). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209809
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209809 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 478 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209809.
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (No. P209809). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209809
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209809 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209809
LB  - CDLI:P209809
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209809
ER  -
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