Textile Terminologies 188, 3 (P376354)

Administrative 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 110453

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

90.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2) 6(disz) tug2 giri3 ensi2-ka
2. 2(u) 6(disz) tug2 giri3 ur-{d}nisaba
3. 7(disz) tug2 giri3 a-kal-la
4. 1(disz) tug2 e2-kiszib3-ba e2-masz-ta
  blank space
5. tug2 mu-kux(DU) ensi2
6. 2(gesz2) 5(disz) tug2 ki nin-me-lam2-ta
7. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) tug2 didli ki ensi2-ta
8. 1(u) 7(disz) tug2 ki ur-{gesz}gigir azlag2-ta
9. 1(u) 7(disz) tug2 ki usz-mu-ta
10. 2(u) 2(disz) tug2 ki ur-{d}iszkur-ta
11. 1(disz) tug2 ki lugal-nig2-lagar-e-ta
  blank space
reverse
1. szunigin 8(gesz2) 1(disz) tug2 hi-a
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 6(gesz2) 2(u) tug2 e2-kiszib3-ba
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) tug2 ma2-a ga2-ra
5. 1(disz) tug2 ur-{d}suen
6. 2(disz) tug2 kiszib3 ensi2
7. 3(disz) tug2 lugal-{gesz}kiri6
8. 2(disz) tug2 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
  blank space
9. szunigin 8(gesz2) 1(disz) tug2 hi-a
10. zi-ga-am3
11. nig2-ka9-ak tug2-bi de2-a
12. iti {d}li9-si4
13. mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3

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/P376354

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 90.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 25.0 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 110453
Accession Number 1914-04-04, 0519

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 069343
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.110453
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-519

References

  • primary: Textile Terminologies (pp. 186-200), 188, 3

    [Pomponio2010TextileTerminologies] Pomponio, Francesco. 2010. “New Texts Regarding the Neo-Sumerian Textiles.” Edited by Cécile Michel and Marie-Louise Nosch. Textile Terminologies in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean from the 3rd to the 1st Millennia.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-01-15 at 16:00:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-10 at 02:06:50 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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

“Textile Terminologies 188, 3 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376354.
Textile Terminologies 188, 3 artifact entry (No. P376354). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376354 (Original work published 2007)
Textile Terminologies 188, 3 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376354 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Textile Terminologies 188, 3 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376354.
Textile Terminologies 188, 3 artifact entry (No. P376354). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376354 (Original work published 2007)
Textile Terminologies 188, 3 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376354 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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