MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 (P112829)

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 105334

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

148.0 mm × 84.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 8(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga
2. 1(szar'u) 2(szar2) 3(bur'u) 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 muru13
3. 5(szar2) 2(bur'u) 3(bur3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku) sar gesz-gi-a-ta de6-a mu 4(disz)-kam-ka sza3 gur10-gur10-dam
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4. szunigin 3(szar'u) 1(szar2) 3(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2
calculation: 13.08.6 3/4 + 12.31.13 + 5.23.05 1/4 = 31.03.7
5. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 1(gesz2) 4(u) gu4-{gesz}apin 6(bur3) GAN2-ta
8. 1(gesz2) 4(u) engar 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
9. 5(gesz2) sza3-gu4 3(iku) GAN2-ta
10. 1(u) dub-sar gu4 1(bur'u) 3(bur3) GAN2-ta
column 2
1. 2(u) nu-banda3-gu4 1(bur3) GAN2-ta
2. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 ki-sar
3. 5(bur'u) GAN2 a-sza3 gesz-i3-ka
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4. szunigin 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 5(bur3) GAN2
5. buru14 bala-bi 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 5(bur3) GAN2
6. 6(bur3) GAN2-gu4
7. 1(disz) engar 1(esze3) GAN2
8. 3(disz) sza3-gu4 3(iku) GAN2-ta
9. giri3-se3-ga gu4 {d}gu-la-me
10. 2(bur3) GAN2 sar-sar igi iri
11. 2(iku) GAN2 ki ezem-ma {d}szara2 umma{ki}
reverse
column 1
1. 1(iku) GAN2 ki ezem-ma {d}szara2 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
2. 6(bur3) GAN2 {d}szara2#-x-szusz3#?
3. 1(szargal){gal} GAN2 szuku ensi2-ka
4. 7(szar2) 4(bur'u) 8(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
5. szuku lu2 nig2-dab5-ba u3 giri3-se3-ga dingir-re-ne
6. 4(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
7. szuku en-en-e-ne gu2-un nu-tuku
8. 5(bur'u) 3(bur3) GAN2
9. szuku giri3-se3-ga bala-a
10. 1(bur'u) GAN2 szuku giri3-se3-ga sa2-du11 lugal-ke4 dah-ha
11. 1(bur'u) 4(bur3) GAN2
12. szuku giri3-se3-ga BI? dug? gir16-ra-ka
13. 2(bur3) GAN2 szuku muhaldim lugal-ka
column 2
1. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 szuku kuruszda#? ki {d}szul-gi-a-a-mu
2. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) GAN2
3. szuku dub-sar-ka e2-gal-ka gub-ba
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4. szunigin 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 1(bur'u) 9(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
5. szuku du3-du3-a
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6. szunigin2 3(szar'u) 7(szar2) 3(bur'u) la2 3(iku) GAN2
7. zi-ga-am3
8. la2-ia3 6(szar2) 2(bur'u) 6(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2
calculation: 31.03.7 - 37.29.15 = -6.26.8 (? should be diri!)
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9. nig2-ka9-ak a-sza3 gid2-da
10. ur-{d}li9-si4-na ensi2 umma{ki}
11. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-i3-lum{ki} mu-hul

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
Measurements (mm): 148.0 high × 84.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MCS 6, 083, BM 105334

[Fish1956MCS6] Fish, Thomas. 1956. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 6.
history: NATU 1 = Nisaba 6, 32

[al-Rawi2005NATU1] Rawi, Farouk N. H. al-, and Franco d’Agostino. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from Umma Kept in the British Museum, Part One (NATU I). Nisaba 6. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.
history: Vanderroost diss., p. 235-236 17

[Vanderroost2013diss] Vanderroost, Nicolas. 2013. “Organisation Administrative Du Bureau de l’agriculture d’Umma à l’époque de La Troisième Dynastie d’Ur.” Phdthesis, Université Libre de Bruxelles .
citation: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 67 n. 11

[Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.
collation: Orient 21 (pp. 1-9), 1

[Gomi1985Orient21] Gomi, Tohru. 1985. “Kollationen Zu Den von T. Fish in Manchester Cuneiform Studies Veroffentlichten Neusumerischen Texten in Grossbritannien, III.” Orient 21: 1–9.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 105334
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 0166

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-21 at 08:52:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-12 at 09:16:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther	Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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
2018-02-01 at 20:07:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2018-02-01 at 12:29:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:44:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:35:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:15:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:10:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 13:51:43	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 13:27:45	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 12:15:44	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-08 at 21:18:59	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 18:42:10	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (013529) (013529)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.105334) (BM.105334)
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (3638) (3638)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-166) (W_1913-0416-166)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes:

20180201 englund: //P273615 = Fs Postgate 558 E

Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112829.

MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 artifact entry (No. P112829). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112829 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112829 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112829.

MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 artifact entry (No. P112829). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112829 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 6, 083, BM 105334 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112829 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112829},
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