ASJ 09, 233 03 (P102279)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Museum Number

X.3.017

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(barig) sze gibil gur
 en: 1 barig new barley,
2. e2-kikken-gibil-ta
 en: from New-mill;
3. 3(gesz2) sze gur
 en: 180 gur barley,
4. ka i7-da-ta
 en: from the mouth of the river,
5. sze-bi bala-a
 en: its grain of bala,
reverse
1. kiszib3 bi2-du11-ga
 en: under seal of Bi-du-ga,
2. ARAD2 szu ba-ti
 en: ARAD received;
3. giri3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
 en: via Lugal-nig-lagare.
  blank space
4. iti pa4-u2-e
 en: month: “pa’u’e,”
  some text moved to next line
5. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
 en: year: “En-unugal-Inanna was installed.”
seal 1
1. ARAD2-mu
 en: ARAD-mu,
2. dub-sar#
 en: scribe,
3. dumu ur-nigar#[{gar} szusz3]
 en: son of Ur-nigar, the cattle manager.

Textual annotations

#new_text=P102279 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 gibil gibil[new] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 e2-kikken-gibil-ta Ekikkengibil[1] PROPN GN Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 6 3(gesz2) 3(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 ka kag[mouth] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 i7-da-ta id[river] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 11 sze-bi sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 12 bala-a bala[tax] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 13 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 bi2-du11-ga Biduga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 15 ARAD2 Arad[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 16 szu szu[hand] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ba-ti n] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 giri3 giri[foot] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 lugal-nig2-lagar-e Lugalniglagare[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 20 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 pa4-u2-e Pa'u'e[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 en-unu6-gal Enunugal[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 {d}inanna Inanna[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 25 ba-hun hug[hire] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 ARAD2-mu Aradmu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 dub-sar dubsar[scribe] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 ur-nigar{gar} Urnigar[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 szusz3 kusz[cattle_manager] 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 001582 (composite) (P454292) S001582 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P102279

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) Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Museum Number X.3.017
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 029080

References

  • primary: ASJ 9, p.203-275, p. 233 3

    [Snell1987Emory] Snell, Daniel C. 1987. “The Ur III Tablets in the Emory University Museum.” Acta Sumerologica 9: 203–75.

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
2016-02-20 at 11:22:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-06-12 at 09:52:36 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-07-05 at 18:52:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Aupperle, Eric CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:19:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:05:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:44:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:15 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 233 03 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102279.
ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry (No. P102279). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102279
ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102279 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102279},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 233 03 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102279.
ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry (No. P102279). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102279
ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102279 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102279},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102279},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P102279
LB  - CDLI:P102279
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - ASJ 09, 233 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P102279
ER  -
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