Textile Terminologies 195, 5 (P376511)

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 110615

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
2. ki-la2-bi 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2
3. 4(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
4. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
5. 1(u) 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
6. ki-la2-bi 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2
7. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 du
8. ki-la2-bi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
9. siki kur-ra {gesz}{ga}garig2-ak
10. 2(disz) tug2 u2 kal#
reverse
1. [ki-la2]-bi 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
2. [n] gada du
3. ki szesz-saga-ta
4. ARAD2 szu ba-ti
5. ur-e11-e-ke4 in-la2
  blank space
6. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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/P376511

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
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 110615
Accession Number

References

  • primary: Textile Terminologies (pp. 186-200), 195, 5

    [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
2018-10-10 at 08:44:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration McGrath, William CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-15 at 20:03:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-15 at 16:00:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-09 at 06:20:13 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 195, 5 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376511.
Textile Terminologies 195, 5 artifact entry (No. P376511). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376511 (Original work published 2007)
Textile Terminologies 195, 5 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376511 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Textile Terminologies 195, 5 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P376511.
Textile Terminologies 195, 5 artifact entry (No. P376511). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P376511 (Original work published 2007)
Textile Terminologies 195, 5 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P376511 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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