CST 540 (P108056)

Administrative tablet 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 0540

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(iku) GAN2 sze-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
2. ur-{d}ma-mi
3. 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 4(asz) gur
4. a-lu5-lu5 kuruszda
5. 4(iku) GAN2 3(barig) ur-nigar{gar} u2-bil2
6. 2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 3(barig) inim gal2-la erin2-na
7. ur-{d}ma-mi u3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ke4 ib2-ak?
8. 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 1(u) 2(asz) gur na-ba-sa2
9. 2(esze3)? 3(iku)? GAN2 7(asz) <gur> ur-ge6-par4
10. 3(iku) GAN2 4(asz) gur ur-{d}bara2
11. 3(iku) GAN2 4(asz) gur a-a-kal-la ma2-gin2
12. 3(iku) GAN2 4(asz) gur ur-mes
13. 1(iku)# GAN2 4(asz) gur lu2-dingir-ra
14. 5(iku) GAN2 6(asz) gur lugal-me-lam2
15. 1/2(iku) GAN2 5(asz) gur lugal-nig2-lagar-e
16. 1(iku)? GAN2 6(asz) gur ur-mes mes-kam
reverse
1. GAN2#?-gu4#?
2. x za inim gal2-la erin2-na
3. x-di in-uru4
  2 lines blank
4. a-sza3 gid2-da buru14
5. a-sza3 iri?{ki#}
6. mu us2-sa {d}i-bi2-suen# lugal

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST, 540

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: JRL 0540
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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 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-06-15 at 19:29:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:09:19 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:10 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:25:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CST 540 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108056.
CST 540 artifact entry (No. P108056). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108056
CST 540 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108056 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
@misc{2001CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-20]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CST 540 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108056},
}

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