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JCS 57, 028 08 (P355912)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 12549

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] kasz saga
2. 4(disz) kasz du
3. 1(ban2) zi3 ba-ba
4. 5(ban2)? zi3-gu saga#
5. 5(ban2)? ninda gesz-asz
6. 1(barig) 1(ban2) zi3-gu du
reverse
1. 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. 6(disz) udu niga
3. <ba>-ab-du-sza lu2 kin-gi4-a ia3-ab-ra-ad#
4. e2-<gal>-ta gen-na-asz
5. giri3 da-a-a lu2-[{gesz}]tukul# ra-gaba?
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul#-[gi]
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. da-[a-a-lu2]
2. aga3-us2 gal uku3?
3. dumu ab-ba-za-a
4. ARAD2-zu
(following Mayr)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: JCS 57 (pp. 17-29), 028 08

[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.
history: Mayr, PhD diss, 106 (seal only)

[Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
history: Mayr SITU, p. 188

[Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.
history: (mistakenly published as NBC 12549, and omitting seal)

[sec91617] N.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 12549
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:
Girsu ?
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-01 at 13:18:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2019-02-18 at 09:47:38	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:02:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:51:52	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2007-01-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (169709)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004058 (composite) (P456768)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“JCS 57, 028 08 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P355912.

JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry (No. P355912). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355912 (Original work published 2007)

JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355912 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355912},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355912},
}

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“JCS 57, 028 08 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P355912.

JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry (No. P355912). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355912 (Original work published 2007)

JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355912 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {JCS 57, 028 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355912},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355912},
}

TY  - ELEC
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P355912
ER  -

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