CM 26, 024 (P298156)

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 05239

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

43.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz u4 5(u) 5(disz)-sze3
2. bala-a gub-ba
3. 1(disz) gurusz u4 2(u)-sze3
4. kiszib3 ra-ra-de3 gen-na
reverse
1. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
2. kiszib3 ukken-ne2 muhaldim
  1 line blank
3. mu [...] si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz) ba-hul
seal 1
1. la!-ni
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

Mayr 1997, p.280, identifies this seal as 265.2

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000157.2 (composite) (P533209) S000157.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P298156

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05239
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 072686
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008218
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5239

References

  • primary: CM 26, 24

    [Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 195, NBC 05239

    [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
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
2016-01-18 at 02:58:48 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-06-13 at 17:43:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:40:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:35 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 024 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298156.
CM 26, 024 artifact entry (No. P298156). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298156 (Original work published 2006)
CM 26, 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298156 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CM 26, 024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298156},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298156},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P298156
LB  - CDLI:P298156
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - CM 26, 024 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298156
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 024 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298156.
CM 26, 024 artifact entry (No. P298156). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298156 (Original work published 2006)
CM 26, 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298156 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CM 26, 024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298156},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298156},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P298156
LB  - CDLI:P298156
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - CM 26, 024 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298156
ER  -
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