CST (JRL) 879 (P108386)

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 0879

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) a2 geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 kin-gi4-a didli ki a2-na-na-ta
reverse
1. ku-li i3-dab5
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2. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} u3 lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST (JRL), 879

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

  • history: BJRL 08, 407 JR 501

    [Fish1924BJRL8] Fish, Thomas. 1924. “Some Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Manchester 8: 406–11.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 138

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

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  • Museum No.: JRL 0879
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-10 at 13:53:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-07-04 at 10:31:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:28:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:57:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:58 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 879 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108386.
CST (JRL) 879 artifact entry (No. P108386). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108386 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 879 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108386 (Accessed: August 20, 2025).
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Cite this Artifact

“CST (JRL) 879 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P108386.
CST (JRL) 879 artifact entry (No. P108386). (2025, June 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108386 (Original work published 2001)
CST (JRL) 879 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108386 (Accessed: August 20, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108386},
}

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