JRAS 1939, 31 (P112350)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105545

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ab-ba-gi-na dumu lugal-en-nun
2. 1(disz) a-kal-la dumu du10-ga
3. zah3-ta ba-al-la
4. ugula ab-ba-gi-na
5. 1(disz) ur-lugal-banda3{da} dumu ki-lu5-la
6. 1(disz) ur-e11-e
reverse
1. dumu ba-zi-ge
2. ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
3. en-nun-ta e3-a
4. iti szu-numun-ta ba!-ab-gur
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P112350

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105545
Accession Number

References

  • primary: JRAS 1939 (pp. 29-39), 31

    [Fish1939JRAS29-39] Fish, Thomas. 1939. “Some Sumerian Tablets of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1939: 29–39.

  • collation: Orient 21 (pp. 1-9), 7

    [Gomi1985Orient21] Gomi, Tohru. 1985. “Kollationen Zu Den von T. Fish in Manchester Cuneiform Studies Veroffentlichten Neusumerischen Texten in Grossbritannien, III.” Orient 21: 1–9.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-21 at 08:52:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-20 at 15:21:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:26 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JRAS 1939, 31 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112350.
JRAS 1939, 31 artifact entry (No. P112350). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112350 (Original work published 2001)
JRAS 1939, 31 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112350 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“JRAS 1939, 31 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112350.
JRAS 1939, 31 artifact entry (No. P112350). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112350 (Original work published 2001)
JRAS 1939, 31 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112350 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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