ASJ 09, 241 20 (P102295)

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.3.053

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. 8(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 zi3! ma2-a si-ga
 en: 8 laborers for 6 workdays, flour in the barge loaded;
2. u4 1(u)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
 en: 10 workdays, barge punted,
3. u4 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la
 en: for 5 workdays, barge unloaded;
4. u4 3(disz)#-sze3 ma2 su3 gid2-da diri-ga
 en: 3 workdays, empty barge punted, floated;
5. u4 5(disz)-sze3 im-du8-a ak
 en: 5 workdays, plastering done;
6. sza3 na-ga-ab-tum
 en: in Nagabtum;
7. giri3 ma2 zi3-da-ka
 en: via boat of flour,
8. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
 en: the 1st time;
reverse
1. 8(disz) gurusz u4 7(disz)-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga
 en: 8 laborers for 7 workdays: barley loaded in the barge;
2. u4 1(u)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
 en: 10 workdays, barge punted;
3. u4 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la
 en: 5 workdays, barge unloaded;
4. u4 3(disz)-sze3 ma2 su3 gid2-da diri-ga
 en: 3 workdays, empty barge punted, floated;
5. nin10-nu-du3-ta nibru{ki}-sze3
 en: from Nin-nudu to Nippur;
6. ugula lu2-du10-ga
 en: foreman: Lu-duga;
7. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lu2-giri17-zal
 en: under šatam seal of Lu-girizal;
  blank space
  seal impression
8. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
 en: year: “Amar-Suen (is) king.”
seal 1
1. lu2-giri17-zal
 en: Lu-girizal,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu da-du-mu
 en: son of Dadumu.

Textual annotations

#new_text=P102295 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 8(disz) 8(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 gurusz gurusz[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 6(disz)-sze3 6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 5 zi3 zid[flour] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 6 ma2-a ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 si-ga sig[load] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 8 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 1(u)-sze3 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 11 gid2-da gid[drag] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 12 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 5(disz)-sze3 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 14 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 15 ba-al-la bala[transfer] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 16 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 3(disz)-sze3 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 18 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 su3 sug[empty] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 20 gid2-da gid[drag] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 21 diri-ga dirig[drift] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 22 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 5(disz)-sze3 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 24 im im[clay] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 25 du8-a du[spread] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 26 ak ak[make_bricks] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 27 sza3 szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 na-ga-ab-tum nakabtum[stockyard] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 giri3 giri[foot] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 zi3-da-ka zid[flour] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 32 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 1(disz)-kam 1(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 34 8(disz) 8(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 35 gurusz gurusz[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 7(disz)-sze3 7(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 38 sze sze[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 39 ma2-a ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 si-ga sig[load] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 41 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 42 1(u)-sze3 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 43 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 44 gid2-da gid[drag] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 45 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 5(disz)-sze3 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 47 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 48 ba-al-la bala[transfer] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 49 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 50 3(disz)-sze3 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 51 ma2 ma[ship] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 52 su3 sug[empty] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 53 gid2-da gid[drag] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 54 diri-ga dirig[drift] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 55 nin10-nu-du3-ta Ninnudu[1] PROPN FN Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 56 nibru{ki}-sze3 Nibru[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 57 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 58 lu2-du10-ga Luduga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 59 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 60 nam-sza3-tam namszatam[administration] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 61 lu2-giri17-zal Lugirizal[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 62 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 63 {d}amar-{d}suen Amarsuen[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 64 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 65 lu2-giri17-zal Lugirizal[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 66 dub-sar dubsar[scribe] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 67 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 68 da-du-mu Dadumu[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

sealed

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002893.6 (composite) (P533556) S002893.6 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P102295

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.3.053
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 029096

References

  • primary: ASJ 9, p.203-275, p. 241 20

    [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
2014-07-05 at 18:52:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Aupperle, Eric CDLI Approved View
2014-01-23 at 11:48:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru 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
2006-10-12 at 12:15:16 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, 241 20 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102295.
ASJ 09, 241 20 artifact entry (No. P102295). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102295
ASJ 09, 241 20 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102295 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102295},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ASJ 09, 241 20 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P102295.
ASJ 09, 241 20 artifact entry (No. P102295). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102295
ASJ 09, 241 20 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102295 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102295},
}


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LB  - CDLI:P102295
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - ASJ 09, 241 20 artifact entry
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ER  -
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