AnOr 01, 264 (P101255)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Museum Collection(s)

Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Museum Number

BNUS 120

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text, group G)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda
 en: 5 sila3 fine beer, 3 sila3 bread,
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
3. 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2
 en: 1 fish, 1 bundle onions,
4. kal-la-mu
 en: for Kalamu;
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
 en: 5 sila3 fine beer,
6. 3(disz) sila3 ninda
 en: 3 sila3 bread,
reverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
 en: 2 shekels oil, 2 shekels alkali-plant,
2. 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2
 en: 1 fish, 1 bundle onions,
3. ba-ad-iri-na#
 en: for Bad-Irina;
4. 2(ban2) ninda sza3-gal kas4 gaba-ta bala-a
 en: 2 ban2 bread, provisions of messengers from the frontier, in bala,
5. giri3 ba-ad-iri-na
 en: via Bad-Irina;
6. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
 en: 12th day,
7. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
 en: month: “Festival of Šulgi.”

Textual annotations

#new_text=P101255 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 kasz kasz[beer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 saga saga[good] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 5 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 9 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 i3 i[oil] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 12 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 naga naga[potash] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 ku6 kud[fish] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 17 sa sa[bundle] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 szum2 szum[garlic] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 kal-la-mu Kalamu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 21 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 kasz kasz[beer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 saga saga[good] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 24 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 25 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 28 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 i3 i[oil] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 31 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 naga naga[potash] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 34 ku6 kud[fish] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 35 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 36 sa sa[bundle] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 szum2 szum[garlic] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 ba-ad-iri-na Badirina[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 2(ban2) 2(ban)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 41 sza3-gal szaggal[food] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 42 kas4 kas[runner] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 gaba-ta gaba[frontier] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 44 bala-a bala[tax] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 45 giri3 giri[foot] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 ba-ad-iri-na Badirina[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 47 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 48 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 49 2(disz)-kam 2(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 50 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 51 ezem-{d}szul-gi Ezemszulgir[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text, group G)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P101255

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Museum Number BNUS 120
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 007832

References

  • primary: AnOr 1, 264

    [Schneider1931AnOr1] Schneider, Nikolaus. 1931. Die Drehem- Und Djoḫa-Urkunden Der Strassburger Universitäts- Und Landesbibliothek. Analecta Orientalia 1. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-16 at 11:52:03 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2018-02-05 at 12:30:55 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-08-16 at 21:02:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 01, 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101255.
AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry (No. P101255). (2024, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101255 (Original work published 2001)
AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101255 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2024AnOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 16},
	title = {AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101255},
}


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TI  - AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 01, 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101255.
AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry (No. P101255). (2024, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101255 (Original work published 2001)
AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101255 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2024AnOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 16},
	title = {AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101255},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P101255
LB  - CDLI:P101255
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - AnOr 01, 264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P101255
ER  -
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