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Rochester 040 (P128145)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

Crozer 131

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 erisz2?{ki}
2. 1(disz) amar masz-da3 szu-ru-usz-ki-in
3. 1(disz) amar masz-da3 e2-a-i3-li2
4. 2(disz) sila4 7(disz) amar masz-da3
5. [ur]-mes
6. [...] lugal-a2-zi-da
7. [...] ensi2 adab{ki}
8. [...] lu2-dingir-ra
9. [x] masz-da3 ur-{d}tilla? sanga
probably tilla2 or tilla3
reverse
1. he2-ti muhaldim nu-banda3
2. [u4] 2(u) 1(disz)-[kam]
3. mu-kux(DU)
4. ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5
5. iti masz-da3-gu7
6. mu {d}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
left
1. 2(u) 1(disz) [...]

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

Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Rochester, 40

[Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Deliveries to Abbasaga

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Crozer 131
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.01.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:58:41	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:31:41	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:25:45	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034429) (034429)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Rochester 040 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128145.

Rochester 040 artifact entry (No. P128145). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128145

Rochester 040 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128145 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128145},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128145},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128145
LB  - CDLI:P128145
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - Rochester 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128145
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rochester 040 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128145.

Rochester 040 artifact entry (No. P128145). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128145

Rochester 040 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128145 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128145},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128145},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128145
LB  - CDLI:P128145
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - Rochester 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128145
ER  -