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Ontario 2, 457 (P104794)

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 989.259.008

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz nagar
2. iti 2(disz) u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
3. mar-sa gub-ba
4. nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ukken-ne2
5. ugula lugal-{gesz}kiri6
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5
reverse
1. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} mu us2-sa-bi
blank space
seal impression
2. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-[en-nun]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Weight:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Ontario 2, 457

[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. 22 20

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: ROM 989.259.008
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.36.01.00 ? (us2-us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 08:50:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2013-07-11 at 19:51:13	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:26	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 09:50:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:32	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (003776)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002927 (composite) (P455637)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)	Šulgi.33.04.00, Šulgi.43.00.00

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“Ontario 2, 457 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104794.

Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry (No. P104794). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104794 (Original work published 2001)

Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104794 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).

@misc{2024Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104794},
}

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ER  -

“Ontario 2, 457 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P104794.

Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry (No. P104794). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P104794 (Original work published 2001)

Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P104794 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).

@misc{2024Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P104794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P104794},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P104794
LB  - CDLI:P104794
M1  - 2025/5/17/
TI  - Ontario 2, 457 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P104794
ER  -

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