Fs Owen 211-212, 08 (P375916)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106479

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

74.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) a-kal-la dumu hu-ru-mu-ka
2. 1(disz) a-lu5 dumu lugal-inim-ke4
3. gu4#-a-ni ba-an-zuh
4. mu gu4 ba-an-zuh-a-sze3
5. lugal#-inim-e
6. a#-lu5
7. nam#-i3#-bi2#-la in-ni-gul
8. [igi ur-{d}ma]-mi-sze3
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. ur#-{d}ma#-an-isz-ti2-[su] dumu-ni
2'. igi ensi2-ka-sze3 di bi2-in-du11
3'. nam-i3-bi2-la ba-an-gul
4'. sza3-ba ur-{d}ma-mi-ke4 nam-erim2-bi ku5-dam
5'. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu lugal-ba-ta-ab-e3
6'. 1(disz) da-ad-da-mu-<<sze3>>
7'. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} dumu ha-ba-lu5-ge2
8'. lu2 ki-ba gub-ba-me
9'. iti diri
  some text moved to next line
10'. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P375916

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 74.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 106479
Accession Number 1913-04-16, 1311

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 068250
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.106479
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-1311

References

  • primary: Fs Owen p.201-217, p. 211-212, 8

    [Molina2010court] Molina, Manuel. 2010. “Court Records from Umma.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 201–17. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • history: WAW 43, 26

    [Lafont2023WAW43] Lafont, Bertrand. 2023. “Sumerian Judicial Decisions.” In Judicial Decisions in the Ancient near East, edited by Sophie Démare-Lafont and Daniel E. Fleming. Writings from the Ancient World 43.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-09-09 at 19:16:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 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 15:07:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 211-212, 08 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P375916.
Fs Owen 211-212, 08 artifact entry (No. P375916). (2026, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375916 (Original work published 2007)
Fs Owen 211-212, 08 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375916 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 211-212, 08 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P375916.
Fs Owen 211-212, 08 artifact entry (No. P375916). (2026, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375916 (Original work published 2007)
Fs Owen 211-212, 08 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375916 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
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