CST (JRL) 663 (P108180)

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 0663

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. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
2. sza3-gal gu4 niga
3. iti dal-ta
4. iti szu-numun u4 4(disz)-sze3
5. kiszib3 a-du
reverse
1. guru7-ta
2. u3-um-de6
3. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir-ka
4. zi-re-dam
5. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-sa6-ga#?

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.02.05.00 to Šū-Suen.02.06.04

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005453.1 (composite) (P534065) S005453.1 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P108180

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 0663
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 8895

References

  • primary: CST (JRL), 663

    [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.

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
2016-06-24 at 07:01:05 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:55 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) 663 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108180.
CST (JRL) 663 artifact entry (No. P108180). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108180 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 663 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108180 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108180},
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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 663 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108180.
CST (JRL) 663 artifact entry (No. P108180). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108180 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 663 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108180 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 663 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108180},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108180
LB  - CDLI:P108180
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - CST (JRL) 663 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108180
ER  -
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