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CST (JRL) 865 (P108372)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0865

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) dug kasz saga
2. sa2-du11 u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
3. 2(asz) <dug kasz> saga e2-a u4 zal
4. ki ha-la-ta
5. kiszib3 a-kal-la
reverse
blank space
seal impression
1. mu lu-lu-bu-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. a-kal#-[la]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu lugal#-[nesag-e]
4. en-[ku3]

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
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
seal very faint
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: CST (JRL), 865

[Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.
collation: MVN 12, p. 137

[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 0865
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.29
Alternative Years:
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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
2021-10-15 at 12:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	CDLI	approved
2020-06-10 at 10:44:11	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	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 (9087) (9087)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001773.3 (composite) (P533291)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 865 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108372.

CST (JRL) 865 artifact entry (No. P108372). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108372 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 865 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108372 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 865 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108372},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108372},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 865 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108372.

CST (JRL) 865 artifact entry (No. P108372). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108372 (Original work published 2001)

CST (JRL) 865 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108372 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

@misc{2025CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 10},
	title = {CST ({JRL}) 865 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108372},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108372},
}

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DA  - 2025/6/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P108372
LB  - CDLI:P108372
M1  - 2026/1/13/
TI  - CST (JRL) 865 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108372
ER  -