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MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 (P112625)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 111749

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. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al
2. gurusz 1/2(disz) sar-ta
3. al ak-a u4 1(disz)-kam
4. a-sza3 gaba kar
5. ugula ur-{gesz}gigir
6. kiszib3 da-da-a
reverse
1. iti {d}pa4-u2-e
2. sig4 dingir-inim-zi
3. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. da-da-a
2. dub-sar#

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

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MCS 2, 70, BM 111749

[Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.
collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 26

[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.
collation: BPOA 1, p. 417

[Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 111749
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.11.00
Alternative Years: SH45
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2013-06-12 at 16:54:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:34:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:15:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:31	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		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 (012433) (012433)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.111749) (BM.111749)
British Museum Collection (W_1914-0404-1815) (W_1914-0404-1815)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002118 (composite) (P454828)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112625.

MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 artifact entry (No. P112625). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112625 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112625 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 70, {BM} 111749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112625},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112625.

MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 artifact entry (No. P112625). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112625 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112625 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 2, 70, {BM} 111749 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112625},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112625},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112625
LB  - CDLI:P112625
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - MCS 2, 70, BM 111749 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112625
ER  -