JCS 57, 029 09 (P293609)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 04317

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

69.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) sila3 ninda saga-ta
2. lu2 azlag2 x gesz-gi kux(KWU147)-ra
3. giri3 du11-ga-ni
4. {d}utu-du10 sukkal maszkim
5. ki e2-a-dingir
6. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) [ninda?] saga ur-giri3 lu2 kin-gi4-<a> a-bi2#-si2-im-ti nin# unu{ki}-ta gen-na
reverse
1. ki e2-a-luh maszkim
2. 1(ban2) ninda muszen-du3 ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
3. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda szu-esz18-dar lu2 kin-gi4-<a> szar-i3-li2 ensi2 unu{ki} HU-gar3 sukkal
4. a-an-na-ti sukkal maszkim#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P293609

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 69.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 04317
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 076957
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-007293
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.4317

References

  • primary: JCS 57 (pp. 17-29), 029 09

    [Sharlach2005JCS57] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2005. “Diplomacy and the Rituals of Politics at the Ur III Court.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 57 (1): 17–29. https://doi.org/10.1086/jcs40025987.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 175, NBC 04317

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-16 at 13:51:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2024-08-01 at 13:18:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:40:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 57, 029 09 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P293609.
JCS 57, 029 09 artifact entry (No. P293609). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293609 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 57, 029 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293609 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 57, 029 09 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P293609.
JCS 57, 029 09 artifact entry (No. P293609). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293609 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 57, 029 09 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293609 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293609},
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