BWAth 6, 50 17 (P104751)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

WAH 1922.348

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 1(disz)-sze3
2. {gi}gil sur-ra
3. 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. KA-GIR3-da ki?-sur-ra
5. sahar si-ga u3 x
6. gi-apin-<ku5>-ta gi ga6-ga2
reverse
  photo of rev. not given. From catalogue:
  signed by Abbagina (=kiszib ab-ba-gi-na)
  date: The year after the Western Wall was built (=mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3)
seal 1
1. ku3-ga-[ni]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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):

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P104751

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) Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number WAH 1922.348
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015948

References

  • primary: BWAth 6 (pp. 41-64), 50 17

    [Kutscher1970BWAth6] Kutscher, Raphael. 1970. “Neo-Sumerian Tablets from the Wadsworth Atheneum Collection,” Wadsworth Atheneum Bulletin, 6: 41–64.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-01 at 14:14:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2020-08-18 at 02:29:34 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BWAth 6, 50 17 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104751.
BWAth 6, 50 17 artifact entry (No. P104751). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104751 (Original work published 2001)
BWAth 6, 50 17 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104751 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104751},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BWAth 6, 50 17 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104751.
BWAth 6, 50 17 artifact entry (No. P104751). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104751 (Original work published 2001)
BWAth 6, 50 17 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104751 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {BWAth 6, 50 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104751},
}

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PY  - 2024
ID  - P104751
LB  - CDLI:P104751
M1  - 2026/4/29/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P104751
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