ASJ 09, 236 09 (P102285)

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.3.054

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. 1(disz) [x] SIG7 mu-kux(DU) erin2? engar
 en: 1 ... SIG7 delivery (for) worktroopers of the ploughmen:
2. [n] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
 en: ... 91 gur 3 barig barley,
3. 2(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
 en: 2 gur 3 barig flour:
4. ARAD2-mu engar
 en: ARAD-mu, the ploughman;
5. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) gur
 en: 101 gur:
6. giri3-ni-i3-sa6 engar
 en: Girini-isa, the ploughman;
  blank space
7. szunigin 7(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
 en: total: 475 gur 1 barig barley;
8. szunigin 2(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
 en: total: 2 gur 3 barig flour:
9. nu-banda3-gu4 lu2-dingir-ra
 en: oxen-driver Lu-dingira;
10. a-sza3 lugal
 en: field: “King,”
  blank space
reverse
  blank space
1. [sze] gesz e3-a
 en: [barley] threshed,
2. [x] x a-sza3 lugal
 en: field: “King,”
3. [...] ur#-kun nu-banda3
 en: ... Ur-kun, the nubanda;
4. [iti sze]-kar#-ra-gal2-la
 en: month: ““Barley at the quay,”
5. [mu ... lugal] uri5[{ki} ...]
 en: year: “..., the king of Ur ... .”

Textual annotations

#new_text=P102285 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 SIG7 sig[class_of_worker] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 mu-kux(DU) mukur[delivery] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 erin2 erin[people] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 n _(_)[_] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 8 1(gesz2) 1(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 9 3(u) 3(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 1(asz) 1(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 3(barig) 3(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 15 3(barig) 3(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 zi3 zid[flour] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 ARAD2-mu Aradmu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 20 1(gesz2) 1(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 21 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 22 1(asz) 1(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 giri3-ni-i3-sa6 Girini'isa[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 engar engar[farmer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 26 szunigin szunigin[total] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 7(gesz2) 7(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 28 5(u) 5(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 29 5(asz) 5(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 30 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 szunigin szunigin[total] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 34 2(asz) 2(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 35 3(barig) 3(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 ziz2 ziz[emmer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 nu-banda3-gu4 nubandagu[ox_overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 lu2-dingir-ra Ludingira[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 a-sza3 aszag[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 41 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 42 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 gesz gesz[wood] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 44 e3-a e[winnow] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 45 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46 x _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47 a-sza3 aszag[field] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 48 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 49 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50 ur-kun Urkun[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 51 nu-banda3 nubanda[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 52 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 53 sze-kar-ra-gal2-la Szekaragala[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 54 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 55 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 57 uri5{ki} Urim[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 58 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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/P102285

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.3.054
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 029086

References

  • primary: ASJ 9, p.203-275, p. 236 9

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

Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 236 09 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102285.
ASJ 09, 236 09 artifact entry (No. P102285). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102285
ASJ 09, 236 09 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102285 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102285},
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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 236 09 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102285.
ASJ 09, 236 09 artifact entry (No. P102285). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102285
ASJ 09, 236 09 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102285 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102285},
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