MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 (P112604)

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 111748

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. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3 tab-ba
3. a-sza3 gu4-suhub2
4. a-sza3 {d}asznan
5. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3 tab-ba
7. a-sza3 gibil
reverse
1. ugula {d}szara2-kam
2. kiszib3# lu2-du10-ga
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lu2-du10-ga
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6#

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MCS 2, 56, BM 111748

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

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 24

    [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 111748
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:31 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002827.1 (composite) (P533535) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112604.
MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 artifact entry (No. P112604). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112604 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112604 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 56, {BM} 111748 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112604},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112604.
MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 artifact entry (No. P112604). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112604 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112604 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 56, {BM} 111748 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112604},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112604
LB  - CDLI:P112604
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - MCS 2, 56, BM 111748 artifact entry
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