ASJ 19, 217 47 (P102738)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Museum Number

NHMU 3864

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

42.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. la2-ia3 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz
 en: Deficit: 6 1/2 male laborers,
 de: Fehlbetrag: 6 1/2 Arbeiter,
2. u4 4(u) 5(disz)-sze3
 en: for 45 days,
 de: über 45 Tage,
3. a2-bi 2(disz) gin2-ta#
 en: the labor: 2 shekels (silver per worker-year) each,
 de: die Arbeitsleistung je 2 Sekel (Silber),
  calculation: 6 1/2 x 45 = 292 1/2; 292 1/2 ÷ 360 × 2 = 1 gin2 112 1/2 sze as actual deficit (unknown in available texts)
4. la2-ia3 su-su nu-{gesz}kiri6-[ke4]-ne
 en: deficit to be repaid by the orchardists;
 de: Fehlbetrag zu ersetzen von den Obstgärtnern;
5. ugula da-du
 en: foreman: Dadu,
 de: Aufseher: Dadu,
6. sza3 bala-a
 en: part of the bala;
 de: (Teil des) bala(-Diensts);
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  blank space
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1. mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “For the 2nd time Šašrum was destroyed.”
 de: Jahr: “Zum 2. Mal Šašrum zersört”.
seal 1
1. da-[du]
 en: Dadu,
 de: Dadu,
2. dumu za3-mu#
 en: son of Zamu.
 de: Sohn des Zamu.

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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#new_text=P102738 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 la2-ia3 la'u[arrears] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 6(disz) 6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 1/2(disz) 1/2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 4 gurusz gurusz[male] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 5(disz)-sze3 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 8 a2-bi a[wage] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 9 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 gin2-ta gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 11 la2-ia3 la'u[arrears] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 su-su sug[repay] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 13 nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4-ne nukirik[gardener] NOUN N Number=Plur|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 14 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 da-du Dadu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 sza3 szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 bala-a bala[tax] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 18 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 2(disz)-kam 2(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 21 sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} Szaszszurum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 22 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 da-du Dadu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 za3-mu Zamu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 36.0 wide × 13.0 thick
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: ASJ 19, p.147-228, p. 217 47

    [Owen1997Utah] Owen, David I. 1997. “Neo-Sumerian Texts in the University of Utah, Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City.” Acta Sumerologica 19: 147–228.

  • history: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 126, 143

    [Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NHMU 3864
  • Accession No.: NHMU.A.2014.155

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2015-06-12 at 09:52:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-05-19 at 19:31:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:20:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:06:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:46:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:15:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002136 (composite) (P454846) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“ASJ 19, 217 47 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P102738.
ASJ 19, 217 47 artifact entry (No. P102738). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P102738 (Original work published 2001)
ASJ 19, 217 47 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P102738 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {ASJ 19, 217 47 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P102738},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P102738},
}


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