CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 (P416454)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

E59443

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) sze# gur
 en: 9 gur of barley,
2. sze szuku a#-na-ti
 en: barley allotment of Anati;
3. 2(asz) [sze gur]
 en: 2 gur of barley,
4. {d}nun#-[...]
 en: of Nun-... ;
reverse
1. szunigin 1(u) 1(asz) [sze gur]
 en: total: 11 gur of barley,
2. sze szuku-ra# a#-sza3# [...]-GAG UD gur8
 en: barley allotments from the field ...;
3. iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
 en: month: “ki-siki of Ninazu,”
4. mu ma2 dara3-abzu-{d}en-ki ba-du8
 en: year: “The boat ‘ibex of absu-Enki’ was caulked.”

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/P416454

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 38.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number E59443
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191699

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:52:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-03-10 at 18:55:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-09-25 at 14:39:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-03-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ouyang, Xiaoli CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P416454.
CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 artifact entry (No. P416454). (2011, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416454
CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416454 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	year = {2011},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416454},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P416454.
CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 artifact entry (No. P416454). (2011, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416454
CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416454 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {CDLJ 2012/1 \textsection{}5.04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P416454},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416454},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/3/10/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P416454
LB  - CDLI:P416454
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - CDLJ 2012/1 §5.04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P416454
ER  -
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