MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 (P112917)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 113140

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) gu2 siki# [...]
2. giri3 ARAD2 [...]
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen [lugal]
4. 3(asz) gu2 siki-gi
5. e2-sze3
reverse
1. 1(asz) gu2 siki-gi
7. kiszib3 ma-asz
3. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu
  1 line blank
4. siki ensi2-ka
5. ki lu2-kal-la-ta#
6. [kiszib3] ensi2#-ka
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a-a-kal-la
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000033 (composite) (P430134) S000033 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P112917

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 113140
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 013682
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.113140
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1914-0404-3206

References

  • primary: MCS 8, 97, BM 113140

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

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 44

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:31:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:35:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:16:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:37 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112917.
MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 artifact entry (No. P112917). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112917 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112917 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 97, {BM} 113140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112917},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P112917.
MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 artifact entry (No. P112917). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112917 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112917 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 8, 97, {BM} 113140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112917},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P112917
LB  - CDLI:P112917
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - MCS 8, 97, BM 113140 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112917
ER  -
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