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JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 (P111779)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Museum Number

CAM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ka-ma-ri2{ki}-ta
3. sa2-du11
some text moved to next line
4. iti nesag
5. ki ARAD2-ta
reverse
1. lugal-pa-e3
2. szu ba-ti
3. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. [...] lugal
2. [...] x
blank space
3. [...] x-ta
4. [...] x
5. [...]
reverse
blank space
seal impression
1. mu# an-sza-an{ki} [ba]-hul#
seal 1
1. lugal-pa-e3
2. lu2 lunga e2-[mah]
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2

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

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
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Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: JANES 21, 69 02 & 03

[Hallo1992JANES21] Hallo, William W., and David B. Weisberg. 1992. “A Guided Tour through Babylonian History: Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Cincinnati Art Museum.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, New York 21 (1). https://janes.scholasticahq.com/article/2374-a-guided-tour-through-babylonian-history-cuneiform-inscriptions-in-the-cincinnati-art-museum.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CAM —
Accession No.: 1914.681 & 1914.682

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.34.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-20 at 18:54:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2021-07-24 at 14:34:43	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2018-05-28 at 05:46:03	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2017-02-18 at 08:46:02	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2016-01-08 at 16:24:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2014-11-03 at 06:37:07	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:33:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:14:48	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 10:08:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:13	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034904)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003656 (composite) (P456366)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111779.

JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry (No. P111779). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111779 (Original work published 2001)

JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111779 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111779},
}

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“JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111779.

JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry (No. P111779). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111779 (Original work published 2001)

JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111779 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).

@misc{2024JANES,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {JANES 21, 69 02 & 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111779},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/20/
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ER  -

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