CST 538 (P108054)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0538

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2
2. nu-kar2-da gub-ba-a#
3. mu ku3 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2-sze3
4. mu 3(asz)-am3 sza3-bi szu su-bu-de3
5. mu 1(asz)-am3 2/3(disz)-bi-sze3
6. lugal-inim-gi-na-ke4#
reverse
1. ad-da-kal-la#-asz
2. in#-na-szum2
3. 1(disz) [(x)]-ra
4. 1(disz) [...]
  behind envelope
5. 1(disz) [...]
  behind envelope
6. 1(disz) [...]
  behind envelope
7. lu2# [inim-ma-bi-me]
  behind envelope
8. iti x-[...]
  behind envelope
9. mu en# [...] unu{ki#} [...]
  behind envelope
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [mu 3(asz)]-am3# sza3-bi szu su-bu-de3
2'. mu# 1(disz)-am3 2/3(disz)-bi-sze3
3'. [lugal]-inim#-gi-na-ke4
4'. [ad-da]-kal#-la#-ra#
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. lugal-[inim-gi-na]
2. dub-sar
3. nu-banda3 ki-{gesz}kiri6
4. dumu lugal-zabala3
  (following Mayr)

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST, 538

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

  • 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: JRL 0538
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-05-04 at 00:48:46 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-20 at 12:40:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:52 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003518 (composite) (P456228) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“CST 538 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108054.
CST 538 artifact entry (No. P108054). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108054
CST 538 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108054 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2001CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CST 538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108054},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108054},
}


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PY  - 2001
ID  - P108054
LB  - CDLI:P108054
M1  - 2025/5/11/
TI  - CST 538 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108054
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