MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 (P112599)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 112948

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu gu2-na
2. ur-am3-ma
3. siskur2 ki-su7 a-ba-gal-{d}en-lil2-la2
4. kiszib3 gu-du-du
reverse
1. iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5[{ki} ...] e2 {d}szara2 [...] mu-[du3]
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. gu-du-du
2. dub-sar
3. dumu da-da-ga?
4. ARAD2-zu

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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
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  • primary: MCS 2, 55, BM 112948

    [Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 23

    [Gomi1981MCS] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Kollationen Zu Den von T. Fish in Manchester Cuneiform Studies Veröffentlichten Neusumerischen Texten in Grossbritannien, I.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 17: 19–48.

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  • Museum No.: BM 112948
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.03.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-07-22 at 20:03:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:31 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006015 (composite) (P458725) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112599.
MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 artifact entry (No. P112599). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112599 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112599 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 55, {BM} 112948 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112599},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112599.
MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 artifact entry (No. P112599). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112599 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112599 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 55, {BM} 112948 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112599},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112599
LB  - CDLI:P112599
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - MCS 2, 55, BM 112948 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112599
ER  -
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