MCS 8, 91, BM 105589 (P112894)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105589

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. 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar
2. dingir-ma-har-ku-ba
3. giri3 ur-saga lu2 bu3-bu3
4. ki i3-kal-la-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MCS 8, 91, BM 105589

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 105589
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 13:35:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:59 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, 91, BM 105589 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112894.
MCS 8, 91, BM 105589 artifact entry (No. P112894). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112894 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 8, 91, BM 105589 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112894 (Accessed: June 7, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 91, {BM} 105589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112894},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112894},
}


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