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CST (JRL) 659a (P108176)

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 0659a

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(barig) sze [...] lugal?
2. la2-ia3 sze zi-ga uri5{ki}-ma
3. ki la-ni-mu
4. lugal-e2-mah-e
5. su-su-dam
6. iti {d}dumu-zi
7. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-e2-mah-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu inim-{d}szara2
4. sa12-du5-ka
(according to 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)

Collections

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CST (JRL), 659a

[Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.
collation: MVN 12, p. 123

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: JRL 0659a
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.12.00
Alternative Years: AS02
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2022-06-11 at 18:14:29	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2013-06-20 at 09:55:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:28:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:11:16	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:55	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (8891) (8891)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003412 (composite) (P456122)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 659a Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108176.

CST (JRL) 659a artifact entry (No. P108176). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108176 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 659a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108176 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2025CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 659a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108176},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108176},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 659a Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108176.

CST (JRL) 659a artifact entry (No. P108176). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108176 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 659a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108176 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2025CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 659a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108176},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108176},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108176
LB  - CDLI:P108176
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - CST (JRL) 659a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108176
ER  -