CST (JRL) 523 (P108039)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0523

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. sze gesz-e3-a GAN2-gu4 apin-la2
 en: barley threshed of the oxen-fields, plough maintenance,
3. u3 nig2-ka9-ak
 en: and accounts
4. ARAD2 ka-guru7
 en: of ARAD, the silo manager,
reverse
1. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3
 en: year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was built,”
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here.

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108039

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) John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Museum Number JRL 0523
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 8754

References

  • primary: CST (JRL), 523

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 150

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

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 117

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-07-11 at 12:34:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:23:07 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:38 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:52 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 523 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108039.
CST (JRL) 523 artifact entry (No. P108039). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108039 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 523 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108039 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108039},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 523 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108039.
CST (JRL) 523 artifact entry (No. P108039). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108039 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 523 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108039 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 523 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108039},
}


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DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108039
LB  - CDLI:P108039
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - CST (JRL) 523 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108039
ER  -
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