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MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 (P112892)

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 105488

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) tug2 guz-za du
2. nig2-dara2 gar-ra-sze3
3. la2-ia3 su-ga
4. nig2-ba ra e2-kas4
5. [ki] ur-zu-ta
6. [giri3] ur-{d}szara2
reverse
1. iti nesag
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna en {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-uszur4

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MCS 8, 90, BM 105488

[Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.
collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 42

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 105488
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2015-03-08 at 10:38:34	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:35:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:15:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:36	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005354.4 (composite) (P534043)	-	-

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“MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112892.

MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 artifact entry (No. P112892). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112892 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112892 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 90, {BM} 105488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112892},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112892},
}

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“MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112892.

MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 artifact entry (No. P112892). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112892 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112892 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).

@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 90, {BM} 105488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112892},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112892},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112892
LB  - CDLI:P112892
M1  - 2025/4/26/
TI  - MCS 8, 90, BM 105488 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112892
ER  -

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