CST (JRL) 768 (P108285)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0768

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. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) u8
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu-nita2
3. 3(u) 5(disz) kir11
4. 3(u) 3(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 2(gesz2) masz2-gal
reverse
1. ur-{d}a-szar2 na-gada
2. e2-du6-la ur-{d}li9-si4
3. udu si-il-la
4. sza3 e2-amar-ra
5. iti dal
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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), 768

[Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.
history: ASJ 18, p.103-168, p. 125 no. 33

[Maekawa1996confiscation] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1996. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 103–68.
citation: MVN 12, p. 129

[Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
citation: Fs Limet p.161-177, p. 161

[Stępień1996pasturing] Stępień, Marek. 1996. “The Organisation of Animal Pasturing in the Light of Balanced Accounts, Inventories of Sheep and Goat Herdsmen from Umma.” In Tablettes et Images Aux Pays de Sumer et d’Akkad. Mélanges Offerts à Monsieur H. Limet, edited by Önhan Tunca and D. Deheselle, 161–77. A.P.H.A., Association Pour La Promotion de l’Histoire et de l’Archéologie Orientales. Mémoires, No. 1. Liège: Université de Liège.
collation: MVN 12, p. 129

[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 0768
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.05.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:28:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:11:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:57	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (9000) (9000)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CST (JRL) 768 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108285.

CST (JRL) 768 artifact entry (No. P108285). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108285 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 768 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108285 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108285},
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Cite this Artifacts

“CST (JRL) 768 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108285.

CST (JRL) 768 artifact entry (No. P108285). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108285 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 768 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108285 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 768 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108285},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108285},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/2/16/
TI  - CST (JRL) 768 artifact entry
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