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RA 008, 157, AO 5653 (P127297)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 05653

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. 1(u) u8
2. 2(disz) udu gir-ru-um
3. 2(disz) sila4 gir-ru-um
4. 1(disz) sila3 duh du-ta
blank space
5. u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3
reverse
1. szunigin 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 duh du gur
blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen# lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

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)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RA 008 (pp. 135 - 158), 157, AO 5653

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 05653
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.01.29 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-29 at 15:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-29 at 13:47:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:55:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:57:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:30:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:25:24	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (002129) (002129)
Louvre Collections (cl010166293) (cl010166293)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 008, 157, AO 5653 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127297.

RA 008, 157, AO 5653 artifact entry (No. P127297). (2024, September 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127297 (Original work published 2001)

RA 008, 157, AO 5653 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127297 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 29},
	title = {RA 008, 157, {AO} 5653 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127297},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127297},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 008, 157, AO 5653 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P127297.

RA 008, 157, AO 5653 artifact entry (No. P127297). (2024, September 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P127297 (Original work published 2001)

RA 008, 157, AO 5653 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P127297 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 29},
	title = {RA 008, 157, {AO} 5653 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P127297},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P127297},
}

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