MCS 8, 54 Liv 51 63 156 (P112861)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.156

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal
2. e2-mah-ki-bi
3. 1(barig) 3(ban2) igi-{d}szara2-sze3
4. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ur-sila-luh#
5. 1(barig) 3(ban2) bar-ra-e11-de3
6. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-ezem
7. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-iti-da
8. 1(barig) 3(ban2) igi-dingir-sze3
9. 1(barig) 3(ban2) igi-husz
10. 1(barig) ur-nigar{gar}
reverse
1. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka#!
2. 5(ban2) ur-gu2-de3-na
3. 5(ban2) ur-{d}szara2
4. 5(ban2) {d}szara2-igi-du
5. 3(ban2) ur-e2-mah
6. 1(ban2) szesz-a-ni
7. 3(ban2) al-la
8. 3(ban2) lu2-{d}szara2
9. szunigin 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
10. sze-ba za3-mu
11. ki-su7 gu-la a-sza3 la2-mah
12. ugula lu2-{d}nin-x-ka
13. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
14. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

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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 8, 54 Liv 51 63 156

    [Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.

  • history: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 66 82

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: WML 51.63.156
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.10.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:05 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:38:45 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MCS 8, 54 Liv 51 63 156 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112861.
MCS 8, 54 Liv 51 63 156 artifact entry (No. P112861). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112861 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 8, 54 Liv 51 63 156 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112861 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {MCS 8, 54 {Liv} 51 63 156 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112861},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112861},
}

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