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Ontario 2, 247 (P104779)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 989.259.002

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) sze [gur] lugal
2. ki# ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
3. e2-a-ba-ni
4. lu2 ensi2 ma-ra-ad{ki}-ka
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
3. giri3 lugal-e2-mah-e
4. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
5. mu {d#}nanna kar#-zi-da# [a]-ra2# [2(disz)-kam] e2#-a#-[na ba-an-kux(KWU147)]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Ontario 2, 247

    [Sigrist2004Ontario2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2004. Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum. II: Administrative Texts Mainly from Umma. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: Babyloniaca 07, pl.20 05

    [Langdon1913-1923-12309] Langdon, Stephen H. 1913-1923. Babyloniaca 7.

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  • Museum No.: ROM 989.259.002
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 08:50:40 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2014-08-17 at 11:04:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:07:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:32 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Ontario 2, 247 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104779.
Ontario 2, 247 artifact entry (No. P104779). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104779 (Original work published 2001)
Ontario 2, 247 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104779 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {Ontario 2, 247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104779},
}


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