Aleppo 432 (P100764)

Administrative tag 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 3740

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak u3 kiszib3 dab#?-ba
 en: accounts and sealed documents of conveyance,
3. lu2-zabala3 sipa udu ge6
 en: of Lu-Zabala, herder of black sheep,
4. mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3-ta
 en: from the year following: “The wall was erected”
5. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul-sze3
 en: to the year: “Urbilum was destroyed”
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here.
  blank space

Textual annotations

#new_text=P100764 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 nig2-ka9-ak nigSZID[account] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 3 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 4 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 dab-ba dab[seize] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 6 lu2-zabala3 Luzabala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 sipa sipa[shepherd] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 udu udu[sheep] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 ge6 giggi[black] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 10 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 us2-sa us[follow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 12 bad3 bad[wall] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 13 ba-du3-ta du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 ur-bi2-lum{ki} Urbilum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 16 ba-hul-sze3 hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.38.00.00 to Šulgi.45.00.00 (us2 year)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P100764

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria
Museum Number NMSA 3740
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 23875

References

  • primary: Aleppo, 432

    [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
2025-01-27 at 15:05:30 Lafont, Bertrand Artifact metadata Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
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
2020-06-10 at 19:08:11 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-09-28 at 07:36:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:03:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:31 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:41:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-04-25 at 19:02:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-04-04 at 13:16:01 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-31 at 15:21:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-30 at 15:18:26 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-29 at 21:24:41 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-28 at 19:20:47 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-27 at 14:03:44 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-27 at 06:09:52 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-25 at 20:04:13 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-03-19 at 10:42:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-02-19 at 17:19:58 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:39 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Aleppo 432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P100764.
Aleppo 432 artifact entry (No. P100764). (2025, January 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100764 (Original work published 2001)
Aleppo 432 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100764 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2025Aleppo,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 27},
	title = {Aleppo 432 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100764},
}


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ID  - P100764
LB  - CDLI:P100764
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - Aleppo 432 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Aleppo 432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P100764.
Aleppo 432 artifact entry (No. P100764). (2025, January 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100764 (Original work published 2001)
Aleppo 432 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100764 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2025Aleppo,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 27},
	title = {Aleppo 432 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100764},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/1/27/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P100764
LB  - CDLI:P100764
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - Aleppo 432 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100764
ER  -
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