Orient 16, 106 169 (P124765)

Letter 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

Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.100

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lugal-zi-mu
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. dumu ur-numun-du10
4. szu he2-sza-bar-re
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. ur-{d#}szul#-pa#-e3#
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ha#-ba#-lu5#-ge2#!

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
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 005390 (composite) (P458100) S005390 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P124765

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) World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Museum Number WML 51.63.100
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012699

References

  • primary: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 106 169

    [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.

  • history: MCS 4, 18 11

    [Fish1954MCS4] Fish, Thomas. 1954. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 4.

  • history: TCS 1, 156

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2019-06-22 at 18:47:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:53:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:28:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:38:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:04:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Orient 16, 106 169 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124765.
Orient 16, 106 169 artifact entry (No. P124765). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124765 (Original work published 2001)
Orient 16, 106 169 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124765 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124765},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Orient 16, 106 169 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124765.
Orient 16, 106 169 artifact entry (No. P124765). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124765 (Original work published 2001)
Orient 16, 106 169 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124765 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	month = {aug 17},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124765},
}


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PY  - 2024
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TI  - Orient 16, 106 169 artifact entry
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