Hermitage 3, 496 (P211648)

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 07832

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. kiszib3 dab-ba a2 erin2-na-ka
 en: sealed documents of conveyance of labor of troops,
3. ur-lugal-mu#
 en: xxx
4. iti 1(u) 1(disz)-kam#
 en: xxx
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar-ta
 en: xxx
2. iti {d}dumu-zi-sze3
 en: xxx
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
 en: year: “xxx.”

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.07.02.00 to Šū-Suen.07.12.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P211648

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 07832
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059854

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-10 at 19:16:21 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:51 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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, 496 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211648.
Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry (No. P211648). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211648
Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211648 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211648},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211648
LB  - CDLI:P211648
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211648
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 496 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211648.
Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry (No. P211648). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211648
Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211648 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2002Hermitage,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P211648},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211648},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211648
LB  - CDLI:P211648
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 496 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211648
ER  -
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