CTMMA 1, 043 (P108727)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 57.16.05

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. dingir-mah-ri2
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. dingir-illat#
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. dingir-szu
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. dingir-mu-ma-an-szum2
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. szu-e2-a
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
reverse
1. i-szu2-dan
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. dingir-sukkal
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. dingir-tu
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. {d}ba-ba-a
8. szunigin 1(ban2) kasz saga szunigin 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du
9. szunigin 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2
10. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 naga
11. iti dal u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
left
1. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba!-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CTMMA 1, p.10-63, 43

    [Sigrist1988CTMMA1] Sigrist, Marcel. 1988. “Ur III Texts (Nos. 8-47).” In Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C., edited by Ira Spar, 10–63. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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  • Museum No.: MMA 57.16.05
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.05.23 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 16:32:14 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 14:00:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:29:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:11:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:08 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
“CTMMA 1, 043 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P108727.
CTMMA 1, 043 artifact entry (No. P108727). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108727 (Original work published 2001)
CTMMA 1, 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108727 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {CTMMA 1, 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108727},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108727},
}


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