Hermitage 3, 494 (P211450)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 07410

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

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9# apin-na erin2 diri-ga
 en: accounts of ploughs, workmen, extra,
3. ugula lu2-{d}szara2 dumu du10-ga
 en: under foreman Lu-Šara, son of Duga,
4. iti 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
 en: (a period of) 14 months,
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
 en: (from) month “Harvest,” year: “Great-stele erected”
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu ma#-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
 en: (to) month “Harvest,” year: “The lands of Zabšali were destroyed.”
3. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.06.01.00 to Šū-Suen.07.01.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P211450

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Museum Number Erm 07410
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059852

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-07-11 at 12:34:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:50 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-10-08 at 11:25:12 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:35 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Koslova, Natalya V. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 494 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211450.
Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry (No. P211450). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211450
Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211450 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P211450},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211450},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211450
LB  - CDLI:P211450
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211450
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 494 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211450.
Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry (No. P211450). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211450
Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211450 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2002Hermitage,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P211450},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211450},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211450
LB  - CDLI:P211450
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 494 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211450
ER  -
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