BCT 2, 288 (P105528)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Museum Number

A.3089_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

160.0 mm × 135.0 mm × 39.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. szu ur-sila-luh
2. 1(asz@c) GAN2 e2-ur2-bi-du10 ugula
3. 1(asz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
4. dumu-ni-me
5. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
6. 1(disz) lu2-{d}sukkal-an-ka dumu-ni
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 du11-ga-ni
8. 1(asz@c) GAN2 inim-{d}szara2
9. 1(disz) lugal-inim-gi-na dumu-ni
10. szu ur-ab-ba
11. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-{d}szara2 dumu-ni
12. szu lugal-iti-da
13. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-gi-na
14. 1(disz) a-hu-ba-qar
15. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2
16. 1(disz) a-ta2-na-ah
17. dumu-ni-me
18. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-{d}ab-u2
19. 1(asz) lu2-eb-gal
20. 1(disz) lu2-{d}en-ki-du
21. dumu da-a-da-ga-me
22. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 a-du-du
23. 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu dumu-ni
24. 1(asz@c) GAN2 inim-ma-ni-zi
25. 1(asz) ur-e2-mah
26. 1(disz) {d}utu-saga
27. 1(disz) ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
28. dumu-ni-me
29. 1(asz@c) GAN2 nu sza3-gu2-bi
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-e2-masz dumu ur-sila-luh
  blank space
  (next 7 lines written on dried clay or erased)
2. libir-am3#
3. 1(asz@c) GAN2 a-kal-la dumu a-ba-nin?-gin7
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szara2
5. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ab#-u2
6. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
7. 1(disz)# [x] lu2#-{d}nun-<gal>
8. [dumu-ni]-me
9. [ki szesz]-da-da-ta
10. 1(disz)? szesz-kal-la dumu na-silim sanga zabala3{ki}-sze3
11. 1(asz@c) inim-ma-ni-zi dumu-ni
12. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-hi-li
13. 1(disz) {d}szara2-zi-da
14. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ab-u2
15. dumu al-lu-me
16. 1(asz@c) GAN2 a-a-kal-la
17. dumu ur-tul2#-mah
18. 1(asz@c) GAN2 szesz-kal-la
19. 1(disz) lu2-he2-gal2# dumu-ni
20. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-lugal
21. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3# lugal#-he2-gal2 dumu ur-gu#
22. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-a-zu dumu-ni
23. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-za3-ge
24. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nanna dumu-ni
25. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-nigar{gar}
26. 1(disz) a2-ta dumu-ni
27. szu ab-ba-saga
28. 1(asz@c) GAN2 {d}szara2-kam
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) [GAN2] ba#-an#-sa6
2. 1(disz) ur-sukkal dumu-ni
3. ki szesz-kal-la-ta
4. szu? ug3 sza-ri2?
5. ki ur-saga ugula-ta
6. szu ur-{d}lamma
7. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
8. 1(disz) ur-lugal
9. 1(disz) ur-{d}utu
10. 1(disz) a-a-kal-la
11. dumu-ni-me
12. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu lugal-lu2-ni
13. ki lugal-mu-ma-ag2-[ta]
14. 1(asz@c) GAN2 i-ta-e3-a# [dumu] lugal-lu2-ni ki ab-ba-gi-[na-ta]
15. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-nigar dumu ur-tul2-mah#
16. 1(disz) lugal-nig2-lagar?-e dumu-ni x-u2-rum gar3 ur-{d}szara2
  written on dried clay
17. ugula e2-ur2-bi-du10 dumu ur-sila-luh
18. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}szara2 ugula
19. dumu ARAD2
20. 1(disz) lu2-he2-gal2
21. 1(disz) ha-la-{d}ma-mi
22. 1(disz) lu2#-[dingir]-ra
23. 1(disz) lugal-nesag-[e]
24. dumu-ni-me
25. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 ur-x
26. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}szara2 dumu i-di3-a
27. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 lu2-ga#
28. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) tug2 dumu-gi7 ur#-{d}dumu-zi-da dumu ur-mes
29. 1(asz@c) GAN2# sza3-ku3-ge
30. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar}
31. 1(disz) lu2#-eb#-gal# dumu-[ni-me]
32. 1(asz@c) [...]
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. 1(asz) [...] ki x [...]
2'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) [5(disz) ...]
3'. x [...]
  n lines broken
4'. x-da-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. giri3# [...]
2'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) [...]
3'. dumu 1(asz) 2(ban2)# [2(disz) ...]-nir-gal2# [...]
4'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) [5(disz) ...]
5'. [...] x [...]
6'. 1(asz@c) x x [...]
12'. ki x x x [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2#-saga dumu la-a-mu simug a-igi-du8-ta#
  blank space
2. 1/2(asz@c)# GAN2# a-a-kal-la x
3. [n] lu2-dingir-ra#
4. [n] ur-{gesz}gigir
5. [n] lugal-e2-mah-e
6. dumu#-ni-me
7. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}dam-gal-nun-ka dumu-ni
9. [...]
10. szu ur-dub-[la2]
11. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}nin-zu
12. 1(asz)? GAN2 {d}szara2-i3-zu szesz-tab-ba
13. 1(asz) ab-<IL2> lugal-a2-zi-da
14. dumu-ni-me
15. szu gam-gam mes#-e2#
16. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 ur-{d}lu2-lal3
17. 1(asz) ARAD2-{d}szara2 dumu-ni-me
18. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-ma2-gur8-re
19. dumu lu2-bulug3-ga2
20. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) ug3 ku3-{d}szara2
21. dumu ur-{d}szara2
22. giri3-se3#-ga# gu4-{gesz}apin-ta
23. 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 4
1. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 szesz-a-ni
2. 1(disz) {d}szara2-i3-zu dumu-ni
3. szu lugal-e2-mah-e
4. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-e2-diri
5. 1(bur3) GAN2 lugal-inim-gi-na szesz-tab-ba
6. dumu-ni-me
7. zah3 la#-a-mu
8. zah3 lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
9. zah3 amar-il?
10. dumu 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) nu lugal-ni2-te-na
11. 1(disz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) du-num2 dumu-ni-me
12. giri3-se3-ga gu4-{gesz}apin-ta
13. szu ha-lu5-lu5
14. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-sza3-la2
15. 1(asz) a2-na
16. dumu-ni-me
17. giri3-se3-ga {d}szara2 umma#[{ki}]
  3 lines erased
  blank space
18. simug-[me]
19. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-{d}gu-x
20. lu2-{d}x-[x]
21. 1(disz) lugal-nesag-e dumu-ni-me
22. giri3-se3-ga {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ta
23. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ug3 lu2-{d}nagar-pa-e3
24. 1(disz) ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
25. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu-ni-me
26. [...]-x-e
27. 1(disz) x-[...]-x
28. 1(disz) [...] x-[...]-ta
29. tug2-du8-me
30. szu lugal-e2-mah-e
31. [x]-a-saga
32. x-x-x lu2-mu-i3-zu szesz-tab-ba
33. 1(asz) ab-<IL2> lu2-{d}szara2
34. 1(disz) {d}szara2-kam
35. 1(disz) lugal-banda3[{da}]
36. 1(asz) lu2-giri17-zal [...]
37. dumu-ni-me nagar-[...]
38. giri3-se3-ga {d}szara2 [...]
39. lu2 [...]
40. 2(disz) [...]
41. x dab nun [...]
42. iti# {d}dumu-zi
  some text moved to next line
43. [mu sza-asz]-ru{ki} a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba#-hul#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105528

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 160.0 mm × 135.0 mm × 39.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Museum Number A.3089_1982
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 035236

References

  • primary: BCT 2, 288

    [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.

    Rations for domestic personnel. l

  • history: ASJ 17, p.329-332, p. 331

    [Maeda1995šu-gu4] Maeda, Tohru. 1995. “Šu-Gu₄ = Gu₄-Šu-Gi₄.” Acta Sumerologica 17: 329–32.

    see Or. 47/49, 382

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 40

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

  • collation: OLZ 89, 545

    [Sallaberger1994OLZ89] Sallaberger, Walther. 1994. “Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in Birmingham City Museum. 2: Neo-Sumerian Texts from Umma and Other Sites, by P. Watson (Book Review).” Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 89: 538–46.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-25 at 22:33:09 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2026-07-21 at 16:17:42 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2025-07-21 at 23:00:13 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-10-27 at 14:05:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-15 at 18:25:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:57:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-05-14 at 11:21:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-08-06 at 14:45:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:52:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:09:13 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:08 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:23:42 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BCT 2, 288 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105528.
BCT 2, 288 artifact entry (No. P105528). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105528 (Original work published 2001)
BCT 2, 288 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105528 (Accessed: September 8, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105528},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BCT 2, 288 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105528.
BCT 2, 288 artifact entry (No. P105528). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105528 (Original work published 2001)
BCT 2, 288 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105528 (Accessed: September 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BCT 2, 288 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105528},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105528},
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