Aleppo 278 (P100610)

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

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Museum Number

NMSA 3910

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(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ur-dub-la2 aszgab
3. ki lugal-iti-da dumu giri3-ni-ta
4. kiszib3 a-kal-la aszgab
reverse
1. iti {d}dumu-zi
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} u3 ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. a-kal-la
2. dumu lu2-bulug3-ga2 aszgab-gal

Textual annotations

#new_text=P100610 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 8(disz) 8(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 gurusz gurusz[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 1(disz)-sze3 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 ur-dub-la2 Urdubla[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 aszgab aszgab[leatherworker] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 lugal-iti-da Lugalitida[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 giri3-ni-ta Girini[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 12 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 a-kal-la Akala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 aszgab aszgab[leatherworker] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 15 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 {d}dumu-zi Dumuzi[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 ha-ar-szi{ki} Harszi[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 20 ki-masz{ki} Kimasz[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 21 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 a-kal-la Akala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 lu2-bulug3-ga2 Lugalitida[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 aszgab-gal aszgabgal[head_leatherworker] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _

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 001718.3 (composite) (P533258) S001718.3 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P100610

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria
Museum Number NMSA 3910
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 023721

References

  • primary: Aleppo, 278

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-08-08 at 23:06:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2013-06-10 at 18:50:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-04-25 at 19:01:38 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-04-04 at 13:15:35 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-31 at 15:21:10 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-30 at 15:18:06 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-29 at 21:24:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-28 at 19:20:26 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-27 at 14:03:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-27 at 06:09:38 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-25 at 20:04:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-19 at 10:41:54 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-02-19 at 17:19:30 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:36 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Aleppo 278 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100610.
Aleppo 278 artifact entry (No. P100610). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100610
Aleppo 278 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100610 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2001Aleppo,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Aleppo 278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100610},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100610},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100610
LB  - CDLI:P100610
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - Aleppo 278 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100610
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Aleppo 278 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100610.
Aleppo 278 artifact entry (No. P100610). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100610
Aleppo 278 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100610 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2001Aleppo,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Aleppo 278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100610},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100610},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100610
LB  - CDLI:P100610
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - Aleppo 278 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100610
ER  -
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