ASJ 09, 234 04 (P102280)

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.3.126

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. 3(asz) sze szuku-ra gur
 en: 3 gur barley rations:
2. ur-{d}szu-zi-an-dul3
 en: Ur-Šuzi-andul;
3. 3(asz) ARAD2-mu
 en: 3: ARAD-mu;
4. 3(asz) da-da
 en: 3: Dada;
5. 3(asz) ur-{d}ma-mi
 en: 3: Ur-Mami;
6. 2(asz) a-du-du
 en: 2: Adudu;
7. 3(asz) {d}szara2-ba-an-sa6
 en: 3: Šara-bansa,
8. 2(asz) ur-KU-x
 en: 2: Ur-KU-x
9. 3(asz) en#?-ra-kal
 en: 3: Enrakal;
10. 3(asz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
 en: 3: Ur-Šulpa’e;
11. 2(asz)# ur-e11-e
 en: 2: Ur-e’e;
12. 3(asz) ur-e11-e min-kam
 en: 3: Ur-e’e, the second one;
13. 1(asz) 1(barig) {d}szara2-i3-[x]
 en: 1, 1 barig: Šara-i3-[x];
14. 3(asz) x-{d}x-[x]
 en: 3: ...;
reverse
1. 3(asz)# x x [x]
 en: 3 ...;
2. sze szuku e-tak4-a#
 en: barley ration left;
3. 2(barig) lugal-za3#?-ge#-si engar
 en: 2 barig: Lugal-zagesi, the ploughman;
4. 2(barig) ur-saga-mu engar
 en: 2 barig: Ur-saga-mu, the ploughman;
5. 2(barig) ur-am3-ma
 en: 2 barig : Uramma;
6. 2(barig) lugal#-sa6-i3-zu engar
 en: 2 barig: Lugal-sa-izu, the ploughman;
7. 2(barig)# ur-{d}suen engar
 en: 2 barig: Ur-Suen, the ploughman;
8. engar szuku su3 sze nu-tuku-me
 en: ploughmen of fallow prebend, receiving no barley;
  blank space
9. szunigin 3(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) sze szuku-ra gur
 en: total: 39 gur 1 barig barley rations
10. ki ka-guru7-ta
 en: from the granary supervisor;
11. kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
 en: under seal of Ipa’e;
12. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Simanum was destroyed;”
left
1. 6(asz) x 3(barig) 3(u)
 en: (total:) 6 × 30
seal 1
1. i7-pa-e3
 en: Ipa’e
2. dumu lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)
 en: son of Lugal-ušur.

Textual annotations

#new_text=P102280 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 szuku-ra szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 4 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 ur-{d}szu-zi-an-dul3 Urszuzi'andul[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 ARAD2-mu Aradmu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 9 da-da Dada[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 ur-{d}ma-mi Urmami[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 13 a-du-du Adudu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 {d}szara2-ba-an-sa6 Szarabansa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 17 ur-KU-x _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 19 en-ra-kal Enrakal[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 21 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 Urszulpa'e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 ur-e11-e Ure'e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 25 ur-e11-e Ure'e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 min-kam min[two] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 27 1(asz) 1(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 28 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 {d}szara2-i3-x _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 31 x-{d}x-x _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 3(asz) 3(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 33 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 szuku szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 38 e-tak4-a b] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 lugal-za3-ge-si Lugalzagesi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 41 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 42 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 ur-saga-mu Ursagamu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 44 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 45 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 ur-am3-ma Uramma[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 47 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 48 lugal-sa6-i3-zu Lugalsa'izu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 49 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 50 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 51 ur-{d}suen Ursuen[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 52 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 53 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 54 szuku szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 55 su3 sug[empty] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 56 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 57 nu-tuku-me tuku[acquire] VERB V Polarity=Neg|Person=3|Number=Plur _ _ _ _ 58 szunigin szunigin[total] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 59 3(u) 3(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 60 9(asz) 9(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 61 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 62 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 63 szuku-ra szukur[ration] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 64 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 65 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 66 ka-guru7-ta Kaguru[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 67 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 68 i7-pa-e3 Ipa'e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 69 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 70 si-ma-num2{ki} Simanum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 71 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 72 6(asz) 6(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 73 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 74 3(barig) 3(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 75 3(u) 3(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 76 i7-pa-e3 Ipa'e[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 77 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 78 lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|) _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|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 002538.3 (composite) (P533438) S002538.3 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P102280

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.3.126
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 029081

References

  • primary: ASJ 9, p.203-275, p. 234 4

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-01-28 at 14:22:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2014-07-05 at 18:52:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Aupperle, Eric CDLI Approved View
2014-03-20 at 12:18:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-03-19 at 12:35:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-03-19 at 12:16:05 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

“ASJ 09, 234 04 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102280.
ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry (No. P102280). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102280
ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102280 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102280},
}


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M1  - 2026/5/16/
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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 234 04 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102280.
ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry (No. P102280). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102280
ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102280 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102280},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102280},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P102280
LB  - CDLI:P102280
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - ASJ 09, 234 04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P102280
ER  -
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