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MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 (P112896)

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 111744

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. 3(u) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
2. 5(u) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
3. 2(u) 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
4. 2(gesz2) 2(u) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
5. 1(u)# tug2 nig2-lam2 [...]
6. [...] 7(disz) tug2 TUL2 tug2 x [...]
7. [x] tug2 sag [...]
8. [...] 2(disz) tug2 tug2#? [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. 1(gesz2) 1(disz)# gada du
3. e2-gal-la kux(KWU147)-ra
5. ki i3-kal-la-ta
6. {d}utu-GIR2@g-gal szu ba-ti
7. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun

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

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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primary: MCS 8, 91, BM 111744

[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 111744
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2015-04-21 at 07:45:00	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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“MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112896.

MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 artifact entry (No. P112896). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112896 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112896 (Accessed: June 4, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 91, {BM} 111744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112896},
}

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“MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112896.

MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 artifact entry (No. P112896). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112896 (Original work published 2001)

MCS 8, 91, BM 111744 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112896 (Accessed: June 4, 2025).

@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 91, {BM} 111744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112896},
}

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