YOS 15, 211 (P414573)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Museum Number

WHS A 2081

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sze gur lugal#
2. sze ur5-ra erin2 umma{ki}
  blank space
3. szu ba-ti-a
4. a-pi4-sal4{ki}-ta
5. ki ARAD2-ta
6. du10-ga dumu lum-ma
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. ezem-nesag-sze3 su-su-da
3. ib2-du11 mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti {d}dumu-zi
5. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
seal 1
1. du10-ga
2. dumu lum-ma

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005238 (composite) (P457948) S005238 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P414573

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) Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Museum Number WHS A 2081
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 187679

References

  • primary: YOS 15, 211

    [Goetze2009YOS15] Goetze, Albrecht. 2009. Cuneiform Texts from Various Collections. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 15. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 408-409 16

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-04-17 at 09:32:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-04-10 at 03:16:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-11-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 15, 211 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P414573.
YOS 15, 211 artifact entry (No. P414573). (2010, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414573
YOS 15, 211 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414573 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2010YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {YOS 15, 211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414573},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/11/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P414573
LB  - CDLI:P414573
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - YOS 15, 211 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414573
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 15, 211 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P414573.
YOS 15, 211 artifact entry (No. P414573). (2010, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414573
YOS 15, 211 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414573 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2010YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {YOS 15, 211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414573},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/11/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P414573
LB  - CDLI:P414573
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - YOS 15, 211 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414573
ER  -
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