RA 008, 156, AO 5648 (P127292)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 05648

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
2. sa2-du11 eb-gal
3. kiszib3 lu2-saga gudu4
4. e2-szu-tum eb-gal-ta
5. 1(u) gur kiszib3 {d}szara2-za-me
6. 1(u) gur kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
7. 1(u) gur kiszib3 ur-{d}suen
8. ($ blank space $) kiszib3 lu2-bala-saga
reverse
1. mu-sza-sze3
  blank space
2. e2-kikken gibil e2 gu2 i7-da-ta
3. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
4. mu us2-sa en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P127292

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) Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number AO 05648
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 002124
Louvre Collections (Louvre) cl010166287

References

  • primary: RA 008 (pp. 135 - 158), 156, AO 5648

    [Thureau-Dangin1911RA8Notes] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1911. “Notes Assyriologiques.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 8: 135–58.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-29 at 15:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-29 at 13:47:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:57:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:30:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:40:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:24 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RA 008, 156, AO 5648 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127292.
RA 008, 156, AO 5648 artifact entry (No. P127292). (2024, September 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127292 (Original work published 2001)
RA 008, 156, AO 5648 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127292 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127292},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RA 008, 156, AO 5648 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127292.
RA 008, 156, AO 5648 artifact entry (No. P127292). (2024, September 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127292 (Original work published 2001)
RA 008, 156, AO 5648 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127292 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127292},
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