CST (JRL) 578 (P108094)

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 0578

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz)# 1/2(disz) dug gal
2. dug-bi 2(disz) sila3 tur-re-dam
3. ugula#? ur-e2-nun
4. kiszib3#? ur-{d}saman4
reverse
1. [sa2]-du11#? ku5-[ra2]
2. sza3# e2-te-na
3. sza3 bala-a
seal 1
1. ur-{d}saman3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-gi#-[na]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005290 (composite) (P458000) S005290 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108094

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 0578
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 8809

References

  • primary: CST (JRL), 578

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

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 119

    [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
2022-06-13 at 12:55:19 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-08 at 19:21:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-04 at 09:20:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:56:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:34:38 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:25:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. 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) 578 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108094.
CST (JRL) 578 artifact entry (No. P108094). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108094 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 578 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108094 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108094},
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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 578 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108094.
CST (JRL) 578 artifact entry (No. P108094). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108094 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 578 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108094 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108094},
}


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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - CST (JRL) 578 artifact entry
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