BRM 3, 170 (P107370)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02452

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dabx(U8)-ba lugal-me-a
 en: sealed documents of conveyances of Lugal-me’a,
3. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 u3 mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned” and year: “Enmaḫgalana was installed,”
4. u3 kiszib3 dabx(U8)-ba
 en: and sealed documents of conveyances
reverse
1. a-szi-an
 en: of Aši’an,
2. mu 4(disz)-kam
 en: (a period of) 4 years;
3. mu gu-za-ta
 en: from year: “Chair”
4. mu sza-asz-ru{ki}-sze3
 en: to year: “Šašru”
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here.
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.03.00.00 to Amar-Suen.06.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107370

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 02452
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003922
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002399
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2452

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 170

    [Keiser1914BRM3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1914. Cuneiform Bullae of the Third Millennium B.C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 014

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-04-24 at 03:35:42 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-07-11 at 12:34:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-06-24 at 11:57:41 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:55:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:35 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 170 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107370.
BRM 3, 170 artifact entry (No. P107370). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107370 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107370 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 170 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107370},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107370},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107370
LB  - CDLI:P107370
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - BRM 3, 170 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107370
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 170 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107370.
BRM 3, 170 artifact entry (No. P107370). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107370 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107370 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 170 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107370},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107370},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107370
LB  - CDLI:P107370
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - BRM 3, 170 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107370
ER  -
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