AUCT 3, 479 (P104686)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

AUAM 51.0002

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. la2-ia3 1(disz) ur-{d}isztaran dumu du-du
 en: Deficit: 1 Ur-Ištaran, son of Dudu,
 de: Fehlbetrag: 1 Ur-Ištaran, Sohn des
2. 1(disz) ur-e2-mah
 en: 1 Ur-Emaḫ,
 de: 1 Ur-Emaḫ,
3. u3 szesz-kal-la
 en: or(?) Šeškalla,
 de: oder(?) Šeškalla,
4. 1(disz) a-tu
 en: 1 Atu,
 de: 1 Atu,
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen enku
 en: 1 Ur-Suen, fish-tither,
 de: 1 Ur-Suen, der Steuerverwalter,
6. u4 4(u) 5(disz)-sze3 a2-bi 2(disz) gin2-ta
 en: for 45 days, the labor: 2 shekels (silver per worker-year) each,
 de: über 45 Tage zu je 2 Sekel
reverse
1. sza3 bala-a
 en: part of the bala;
 de: (Teil des) bala(-Diensts),
2. kiszib3 lugal-ku3-ga-ni
 en: under seal of Lugal-kugani;
 de: gesiegelte Tafel des Lugal-kugani;
  blank space
3. 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 zerstört.”
seal 1
  without legend

Textual annotations

#new_text=P104686 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 la2-ia3 la'u[arrears] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 ur-{d}isztaran Urisztaran[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 du-du Dudu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Gen _ _ _ _ 6 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 7 ur-e2-mah Uremah[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 9 szesz-kal-la Szeszkala[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 10 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 a-tu Atu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 12 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 13 ur-{d}suen Ursuen[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 enku enkud[tax_collector] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 15 u4 ud[day] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 17 5(disz)-sze3 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 18 a2-bi a[wage] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 19 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 20 gin2-ta gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 21 sza3 szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 bala-a bala[tax] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 23 kiszib3 kiszib[seal] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 lugal-ku3-ga-ni Lugalkugani[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 25 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 2(disz)-kam 2(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 28 sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} Szaszszurum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 29 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

seal without legend

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P104686

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Museum Number AUAM 51.0002
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 030224

References

  • primary: AUCT 3, 479

    [Sigrist1988AUCT3] Sigrist, Marcel, Carney E. S. Gavin, Diana Stein, and Constance Menard. 1988. Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum. Andrews University Cuneiform Texts 3. Berrien Springs, Michigan: Andrews University Press.

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata 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
2018-06-22 at 05:59:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2016-04-24 at 04:58:55 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2015-06-12 at 09:52:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:07:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:50:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“AUCT 3, 479 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104686.
AUCT 3, 479 artifact entry (No. P104686). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104686 (Original work published 2001)
AUCT 3, 479 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104686 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104686},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“AUCT 3, 479 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104686.
AUCT 3, 479 artifact entry (No. P104686). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104686 (Original work published 2001)
AUCT 3, 479 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104686 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104686},
}


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