CST 256 (P107770)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0256

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) gu2 siki tug2 x x-kam [...]
2. a2 [gesz]-gar-ra geme2 usz-bar sza3# unu{ki}-ga-sze3
3. ki {d}szul-gi-mi-szar-ta
reverse
1. {d}szul-gi-i3-li2
2. szu ba-ti
3. sza3 tum#-ma#-al{ki}
4. iti szu-esz5#-sza#
5. mu {d}amar#-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST, 256

    [Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.

  • history: BJRL 08, 409 JR 506

    [Fish1924BJRL8] Fish, Thomas. 1924. “Some Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Manchester 8: 406–11.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 106

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: JRL 0256
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.08.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-31 at 14:23:06 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-07-04 at 10:31:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:46 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
“CST 256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107770.
CST 256 artifact entry (No. P107770). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107770 (Original work published 2001)
CST 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107770 (Accessed: May 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {CST 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107770},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107770},
}


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