Orient 55, 164 no. 11 (P424377)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 20.1.10

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

40.0 mm × 43.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu
 en: 1 sheep
2. siskur2 ki-su7 a-sza3 GAN2-mah
 en: for the threshing-floor sacrifice of the field GAN-maḫ,
3. ki ur-{d}hal-mu-sza4-ta
 en: from Ur-Ḫalmuša,
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-[{d}ha]-ia3
 en: under seal of Lu-Ḫaya;
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du8
 en: year: “Šu-Suen the king built the great-barge for Enlil and Ninlil.”
  sic du8, “caulked”
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}ha-ia3#
 en: Lu-Ḫaya,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu ur-e11-e szusz3
 en: son of Ur-e’e, cattle manager.

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 003102 (composite) (P455812) S003102 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.10.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P424377

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 40.0 mm × 43.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Gifted by Edgar J Banks and John Henry Haynes in the 19th century.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number WCMA 20.1.10
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191545

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 164 no. 11

    [Liu2020Williams] Liu, Changyu. 2020. “The Neo-Sumerian Texts in the Williams College Museum of Art.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 155–72.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-18 at 14:11:25 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-06-12 at 08:09:44 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-01-14 at 17:34:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-06-17 at 14:55:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-25 at 08:53:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:14:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Freedman, Sally M. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Orient 55, 164 No. 11 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P424377.
Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry (No. P424377). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424377 (Original work published 2011)
Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424377 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Orient 55, 164 No. 11 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P424377.
Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry (No. P424377). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424377 (Original work published 2011)
Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424377 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/7/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P424377
LB  - CDLI:P424377
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424377
ER  -
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