JMEOS 12, 37 3472 (P112294)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

MMUM —

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ka i7 amusz sahar# si-ga
3. ugula lugal-igi-husz
4. kiszib3 da-da-ga
reverse
double ruling
1. mu bad3 mar-tu# ba-du3
seal 1
1. da-da-ga
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3

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

Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: JMEOS 12, p.29-48, p. 37 3472

[Fish1926Behrens] Fish, Thomas. 1926. “The ‘Behrens Collection’ of Sumerian Tablets in the Manchester Museum.” Journal of the Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society 12: 29–48.
history: JSOR 12 (pp. 35-42, 146-150), 37 11

[Mercer1928JSOR12] Mercer, Samuel A. 1928. “Some Babylonian Contracts/ Some Babylonian Temple Records.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 12: 35–42, 146–50.
collation: RA 76, p.7-15, p. 10

[Gomi1982Manchester] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. “Neo-Sumerian Tablets of the Manchester Museum: Published and Unpublished.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76: 7–15.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MMUM —
Accession No.: O 03472

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-02 at 09:43:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 16:38:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:34:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:15:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:09:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:34:50	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-06 at 13:53:22	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 18:39:05	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (006649) (006649)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002124.2 (composite) (P533370)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“JMEOS 12, 37 3472 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112294.

JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (No. P112294). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Original work published 2001)

JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“JMEOS 12, 37 3472 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112294.

JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (No. P112294). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Original work published 2001)

JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112294 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {JMEOS 12, 37 3472 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112294},
}

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