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Aleppo 125 (P100457)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Museum Number

NMSA 4052

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)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gesz ab-ba
2. {gesz}al-sze3
3. ki ur-sila-luh-ta
4. kiszib3 [...]-ba
5. iti [...]
reverse
1. mu {d}szul-gi lugal-e bad3 ma-da
seal 1
1. [...]-mu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [...]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    almost legible

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Aleppo, 125

    [Touzalin1982Aleppo] Touzalin, Maryse. 1982. “L’Administration Palatiale à l’époque de La Troisième Dynastie d’Ur: Textes Inédits Du Musée d’Alep., Thèse de Doctorat de Troisième Cycle Soutenue à l’Université de Tours.” Phdthesis.

  • history: CUSAS 7, 1107 (seal only)

    [MayrCUSAS7] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2025. The Seal Impressions of the Garšana and the Umma Archives.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NMSA 4052
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Provenience Comments:

    20111230 corrected firth

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-19 at 12:56:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-02-10 at 16:31:42 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-04-25 at 19:00:56 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-04-04 at 13:15:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-31 at 15:20:43 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-30 at 15:17:43 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-29 at 21:23:59 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-28 at 19:19:57 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-27 at 14:02:59 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-27 at 06:09:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-25 at 20:04:02 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-03-19 at 10:41:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-02-19 at 17:18:47 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:33 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Aleppo 125 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100457.
Aleppo 125 artifact entry (No. P100457). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100457 (Original work published 2001)
Aleppo 125 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100457 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
@misc{2024Aleppo,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Aleppo 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100457},
}


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