MCS 4, 018 08 (P112762)

Administrative tag excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.112

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: xxx
3. ur-nigar{gar} dumu# lu2#-[{d}nin]-szubur#
 en: xxx
  1 line blank
4. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
reverse
  blank space
1. mu dumu-lugal ensi2 za-ab-sza-li-ke4 ba-an-tuku
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P112762

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Museum Number WML 51.63.112
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012696

References

  • primary: MCS 4, 018 08

    [Fish1954MCS4] Fish, Thomas. 1954. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 4.

  • history: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 110 182

    [Gomi1980Liverpool] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 16: 1–110.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 028

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:18:58 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:47:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:10:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:34 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MCS 4, 018 08 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112762.
MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry (No. P112762). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112762 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112762 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112762},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112762},
}


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TI  - MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 4, 018 08 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112762.
MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry (No. P112762). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112762 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112762 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112762},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112762},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P112762
LB  - CDLI:P112762
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - MCS 4, 018 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112762
ER  -
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