CST (JRL) 551 (P108067)

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

Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0551

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) szu-nir zabar
2. ugu2-bi szen-gam-bur UD@g-bi aga3? egir-bi bulug4
3. u3 dar-bi zabar
4. 1(disz) gal sag-kul zabar
5. ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na
6. 1(disz) nig2-luh zabar
7. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
8. 1(disz) ku-du3#? zabar sumun
9. ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na
  1 line blank
reverse
  blank space
1. ku3-an {d}nin-ildu3-ma
2. bar-ta gal2-la
3. geme2-{d}a-szar2-ke4 i3-dab5
  1 line blank
4. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul

Textual annotations

#new_text=P108067 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 szu-nir szunir[emblem] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 zabar zabar[bronze] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 ugu2-bi ugu[top] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 5 szen-gam-bur szengamebur[metal_bowl_type] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 6 UD@g-bi murub[middle] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 7 aga3 aga[tiara] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 8 egir-bi egir[back] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 9 bulug4 bulug[needle] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 10 u3 u[and] CCONJ CNJ _ _ _ _ _ 11 dar-bi dar[black_francolin] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs,Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 12 zabar zabar[bronze] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 13 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 14 gal gal[big] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 15 sag-kul sagkul[bolt] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 zabar zabar[bronze] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ki-la2-bi kila[weight] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 18 1/3(disz) 1/3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 19 ma-na mana[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 20 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 21 nig2-luh nigluh[basin] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 zabar zabar[bronze] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 23 ki-la2-bi kila[weight] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 24 1/2(disz) 1/2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 25 ma-na mana[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 27 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 28 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 29 ku-du3 kudu[metal_vessel_type] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 zabar zabar[bronze] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 sumun sumun[old] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 32 ki-la2-bi kila[weight] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 33 2/3(disz) 2/3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 34 ma-na mana[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 35 ku3-an kugan[metal_type] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 {d}nin-ildu3-ma Ninilduma[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 37 bar-ta bar[outside] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl _ _ _ _ 38 gal2-la gal[be] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 39 geme2-{d}a-szar2-ke4 Geme'aszar[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 40 i3-dab5 n] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 41 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 42 {d}szu-{d}suen Szusuen[1] PROPN RN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 43 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 44 uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 Urim[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Erg _ _ _ _ 45 ma-da mada[land] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 za-ab-sza-li{ki} Zabszali[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 47 mu-hul n] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108067

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 0551
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 8782

References

  • primary: CST (JRL), 551

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

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 118

    [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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-05-19 at 22:01:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:56:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:53 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 551 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108067.
CST (JRL) 551 artifact entry (No. P108067). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108067 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 551 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108067 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 551 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108067.
CST (JRL) 551 artifact entry (No. P108067). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108067 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 551 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108067 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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