Hirose 343 (P109814)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo, Japan

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Museum Collection(s)

Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Museum Number

AOM —

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

31.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 11.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) [gurusz] u4# 1(disz)-sze3
2. nagar hun-ga2
3. nig2-ka9 sze-ka
4. ba-na-zi
5. nig2-ka9 a2-ka#
reverse
1. ugu2 szesz-kal#-la dumu na-silim-ka#
2. ga2-ga2-dam
3. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-[silim]
seal 2
1. ur#-[...]
2. dub-[sar]
3. [dumu ...]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 32.0 wide × 11.0 thick
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  • primary: Hirose, 343

    [Gomi1990Hirose] Gomi, Tohru. 1990. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the Hirose Collection. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.

    "30 [male workers] for a day who were hired carpenters, were expended at the account for barley. And at the account of working strength they were charged to the account of Shesh-kalla, son of Nadi." Two different seals seem to have been rolled on the tabl

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.35.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-05-26 at 10:07:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-26 at 10:05:32 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:30:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:12:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:33 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004105.1 (composite) (P533839) - -
CDLI Seals 004115 (composite) (P456825) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“Hirose 343 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P109814.
Hirose 343 artifact entry (No. P109814). (2023, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109814 (Original work published 2001)
Hirose 343 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109814 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {Hirose 343 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P109814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109814},
}


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