MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 (P112826)

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 105490

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(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) 2(disz)-ta
2. gu4#-[e sze]-numun# 3(ban2)-ta
3. a2 gurusz-bi u4 2(u) 8(disz)
4. uru4-a gu4 umma{ki}
5. a-sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
reverse
1. giri3 lu2-du10-ga
2. ugu2 ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra ga2-ga2-dam
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}suen#
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-e

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
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  • primary: MCS 6, 078, BM 105490

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

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 38

    [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 105490
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.10.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2017-05-19 at 22:01:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:35 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 003242 (composite) (P455952) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112826.
MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry (No. P112826). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112826 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112826 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 6, 078, {BM} 105490 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112826},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112826},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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ID  - P112826
LB  - CDLI:P112826
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112826.
MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry (No. P112826). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112826 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112826 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 6, 078, {BM} 105490 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112826},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112826},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112826
LB  - CDLI:P112826
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - MCS 6, 078, BM 105490 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112826
ER  - 
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