Orient 55, 157 no. 2 (P424388)

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 20.1.21

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

27.0 mm × 33.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
 en: 185 barley-fed sheep at 1 sila3 each,
2. udu bala-a
 en: bala sheep,
3. sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
 en: their barley: 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
  calculation: 185 x 30 x 1 = 5550 = 18;2,3
4. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
 en: via Lugalazida;
reverse
  blank space
1. iti dal
 en: month “Flight,”
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
 en: year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.”

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/P424388

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 27.0 mm × 33.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Gifted anonymously.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number WCMA 20.1.21
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191553

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 157 no. 2

    [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
2011-10-25 at 09:54:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:14:59 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, 157 No. 2 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P424388.
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (No. P424388). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424388 (Original work published 2011)
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424388 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
@misc{2026Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
}


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TI  - Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Orient 55, 157 No. 2 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P424388.
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (No. P424388). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424388 (Original work published 2011)
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424388 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
@misc{2026Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/7/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P424388
LB  - CDLI:P424388
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424388
ER  -
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