SC-UCLA — (P388587)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Photo

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

SC-UCLA —

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) ur#-x
2. 2(asz@c) 1(asz@c@90) gan2# |AH.A|# e3
3. 1(asz@c) sig4# edin
4. 1(asz@c) gan2# e2-e2 ur#
5. 1(asz@c) gan2# du6# buru4#{muszen}
column 2
1. ur-{d}ku3-su3
en: Ur-kusu
2. an-na
en: metal
3. e-sze3-sa10
en: he exchanged.
4. 1(asz@c) kur-da-du7
5. maszkim-bi
en: its administrator;
6. 1(asz@c) ama-bara2-si
7. 1(asz@c)# e2 x x
8. 1(asz@c) ka#-x gesz dilim2 x
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}gibil6
2. 1(asz@c) {d}BU
3. 1(asz@c) e2-DU-DU
4. 1(asz@c) szah2-tur
5. ur-{d}szara2
en: a servant of Shara;
6. 1(asz@c) lugal-ezem
7. bahar4
en: a potter;
8. 1(asz@c)# U4# A2# x
9. x-[...]
column 4
1. 1(asz@c)# x-bara2-e3#
2. 1(asz@c) szah2-x
3. 1(asz@c) lugal-DU
4. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}gibil6
5. dub-sar-bi#
en: its scribe;
6. lu2#-ki#-inim#
en: witnesses.
reverse
column 1
1. SIG2-bar#? 2(asz@c) ku3 gin2
en: 2 shekels of precious metal (silver?);
2. 2(asz@c) zabar
en: 2 (units of) bronze;
3. 2(asz@c) ku3-bi gin2
en:
4. 1(asz@c) nig2-sa6-ga#
en: 1 pretty thing;
5. 1(asz@c) abzu-banda3 MUG gu
6. sanga DU-DU dub-sar-bi
en: The temple administrator DU.DU, its scribe.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (sale contract)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388587 P274844 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388587

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain] antiquities market
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Number	SC-UCLA —
Accession Number	96505a

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-07-14 at 08:44:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-07-10 at 16:29:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-09-07 at 15:07:29	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-07-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SC-UCLA — Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388587.

SC-UCLA — artifact entry (No. P388587). (2009, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388587

SC-UCLA — artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388587 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2009SC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {SC-{UCLA} --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388587},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/1/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388587
LB  - CDLI:P388587
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - SC-UCLA — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388587
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SC-UCLA — Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388587.

SC-UCLA — artifact entry (No. P388587). (2009, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388587

SC-UCLA — artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388587 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2009SC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {SC-{UCLA} --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388587},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/1/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388587
LB  - CDLI:P388587
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - SC-UCLA — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388587
ER  -