MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 (P112805)

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

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
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105481

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) {gesz}guzza gid2-da
2. kusz si-ga kusz u2-hab2-bi 1(disz)-am3
3. kusz babbar2 1(disz)-am3
4. 1(disz) {gesz}guzza nita2-ne
5. kusz si-ga# kusz u2-hab2-bi 1(disz)-am3
6. kusz babbar2 1(disz)-am3
reverse
1. 4(disz) {gesz}guzza munus-e-ne
2. kusz si-ga kusz u2-hab2-bi 2(disz)-am3
3. kusz babbar2 2(disz)-am3
4. ki ur-gu2-de3-na-ta
5. kiszib3 nin-me-lam2
6. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
  some text moved to next line
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
1. nin-me-[lam2]
2. dam [ur]-{d}[li9-si4]
3. ensi2#
4. [umma{ki}]

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: MCS 6, 003, BM 105481

    [Fish1956MCS6] Fish, Thomas. 1956. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 6.

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 37

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 105481
  • 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: Amar-Suen.02.08.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period:

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
2015-06-24 at 09:35:18 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:35 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003980 (composite) (P456690) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112805.
MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry (No. P112805). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112805 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112805 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 6, 003, {BM} 105481 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112805},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112805
LB  - CDLI:P112805
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112805
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112805.
MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry (No. P112805). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112805 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112805 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 6, 003, {BM} 105481 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112805},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112805
LB  - CDLI:P112805
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - MCS 6, 003, BM 105481 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112805
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.