AnOr 12, 103 4 (P101689)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105382

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-mes ARAD2 ha-na-ar-bu-bu
2. ab-ba-ga2 ma-ar-szi-ni i3-ga2-ar bi2-du11
3. nu-un-da-gi-sza
4. ab-ba-ni lugal-iti-da-sze3# ur5 ha-na-<ar>-bu-bu-ka x i3-sa10-a
5. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra
6. 1(disz) gesz-a-ni <u3 ur-sze-il2-la>
7. nam-lu2-inim-ma-sze3 ib2-ta-e3-esz
8. sza3-ba ur-sze-il2-la
9. nam-erim2-ma ba-ni-dab5
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-mes
2. 1(disz) nin-ni2-zu-da
3. 1(disz) nin-ma-ma
4. 1(disz) nin-nig2-i3-zu
5. 4(disz)-bi nam-ARAD2 nam-geme2-a ba-a-gi4
6. igi a-kal-la nu-banda3-sze3
7. igi ur-nigar{gar}-sze3
8. igi inim-ma-dingir-sze3
9. lu2 ki inim-ma-me
10. ur-ku3 maszkim di til-la-bi-im

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/P101689

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105382
Accession Number 1913-04-16, 0214

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 009155
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105382
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-214

References

  • primary: AnOr 12 (pp. 101-104), 103 4

    [Fish1935AnOr12] Fish, Thomas. 1935. “Eight Juridical Texts,” Analecta Orientalia, 12: 101–4.

  • history: NG 2, 30

    [Falkenstein1956NG2] Falkenstein, Adam. 1956. Die Neusumerische Gerichtsurkunden. Zweiter Teil: Umschrift, Übersetzung Und Kommentar. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 40. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • collation: OrSP 21 (pp. 1-40), 7

    [Deimel1926OrSP21] Deimel, P. Anton. 1926. “Produkte Der Viehzucht Und Ihre Weiterverarbeitung.” Orientalia SP 21: 1–40.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 18:46:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-16 at 18:36:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 10:10:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 18:17:32 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:18:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:56 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 12, 103 4 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101689.
AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry (No. P101689). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101689 (Original work published 2001)
AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101689 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101689},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“AnOr 12, 103 4 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P101689.
AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry (No. P101689). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P101689 (Original work published 2001)
AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P101689 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2024AnOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P101689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P101689},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P101689
LB  - CDLI:P101689
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - AnOr 12, 103 4 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P101689
ER  -
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