The CDLI has moved to a new server

Dear user, the CDLI is now located at https://cdli.earth. Please update your bookmarks and use this new domain name in print.

BCT 2, 073 (P105314)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Museum Number

A.1079_1982

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

35.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. lugal-e2-mah-e
3. ku3-bi lu2-banda3{da}
4. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
  blank space
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 32.0 wide × 15.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BCT 2, 73

    [Watson1993BCT2] Watson, Philip J. 1993. Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in Birmingham City Museum. Vol. 2: Neo-Sumerian Texts from Umma and Other Sites. Warminster: Aris & Phillips.

    Lu-banda received silver.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: A.1079_1982
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:24:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:45 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“BCT 2, 073 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P105314.
BCT 2, 073 artifact entry (No. P105314). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105314
BCT 2, 073 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105314 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).
@misc{2001BCT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {BCT 2, 073 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105314},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105314},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P105314
LB  - CDLI:P105314
M1  - 2025/4/23/
TI  - BCT 2, 073 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105314
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.