Maaijer 3 (P112544)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Smit, Amsterdam, Holland (dispersed)

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Smit, Amsterdam, Holland (dispersed)

Museum Number

Smit 001

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

-

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta#
2. 9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)
3. iti# sze-sag11-ku5
4. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) [geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
5. iti sig4#-[{gesz}u3]-szub#-[ba-gar]
6. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2) [9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
7. iti sze-kar-ra#-[gal2-la]
8. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2) [9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
9. iti [nesag]
10. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz)# [geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
11. iti [dal]
12. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) [geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
13. iti szu-[numun]
14. 2(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz)? geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) [geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
15. [iti] min-[esz3]
16. [n geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
17. [iti e2-iti-6(disz)]
18. [n geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
reverse
1. [iti {d}li9-si4]
2. [n geme2 3(ban2) 9(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
3. [iti ezem-{d}szul-gi]
4. [n geme2 3(ban2) 8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
5. [iti pa4-u2-e]
6. [n geme2 3(ban2) 8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
7. [iti {d}dumu-zi]
8. [n geme2 3(ban2) 8(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
9. [iti diri?]
10. [n] n geme2 3(ban2) 8(disz)#? [geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)]
11. iti# sze-sag11-ku5
12. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal# uri5?{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li#[{ki}] mu-hul#
13. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz)? geme2 3(ban2)
14. szunigin 2(gesz2)! 2(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)#
15. geme2 3(ban2) igi 1(u) 4(disz)-gal2-bi 2(gesz2)! 3(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz)!?
  calculation: with (161 × 6) + (a × 159) + (b x c) = 2219, 158.5 × 14 = 2219
16. geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2) igi 1(u) 4(disz)-gal2-bi 8(disz) 2/3(disz)! 3(disz) gin2
  calculation: with (10 × 9) + (4 × 8) = 122, 8 43/60! × 14 = 122 (very close)
17. iti 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3
18. a2-bi u4 1(szar'u) 9(szar2) 1/2(disz)
  calculation: with (158.5 + ((8 43/60) ÷ 2)) × 14 × 30 = 68,400.5
19. sag-nig2-gur11-ra a2 geme2 lu2-kal-la
20. iti 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
  text moved to next line
21. iti sze-sag11-ku5
  text moved to next line
22. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-du3-ta
23. iti sze-sag11-ku5
  text moved to next line
24. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da <<za-ab>> za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul-sze3

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Maaijer 3

    [deMaaijer1996-19907] Maaijer, Remco de. 1996.

    Former Collection Smit, Amsterdam

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Smit 001
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.01.00, Šū-Suen.06.02.00, Šū-Suen.06.03.00, Šū-Suen.06.04.00, Šū-Suen.06.05.00, Šū-Suen.06.06.00, Šū-Suen.06.07.00, Šū-Suen.06.08.00, Šū-Suen.06.09.00, Šū-Suen.06.10.00, Šū-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.06.12.00, Šū-Suen.06.13.00 (intercalated), Šū-Sue
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-24 at 09:35:16 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-12-10 at 10:59:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-02-13 at 13:03:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-02-13 at 12:55:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Maaijer 3 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P112544.
Maaijer 3 artifact entry (No. P112544). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112544
Maaijer 3 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112544 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).
@misc{2001Maaijer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Maaijer 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112544},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P112544
LB  - CDLI:P112544
M1  - 2025/6/17/
TI  - Maaijer 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112544
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.