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Rochester 196 (P128301)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 127b

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. 5(asz) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur lugal
2. ki {d}szara2-i3-sa6-ta
3. lugal-an-ne2
4. szu ba-[ti]
reverse
1. iti min-esz3
2. mu dumu-lugal

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, 196

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

Ni-ar-ra delivery

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Crozer 127b
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.30.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2014-10-07 at 08:48:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2014-10-07 at 08:30:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:59:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:31:49	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:25:48	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034585) (034585)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Rochester 196 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128301.

Rochester 196 artifact entry (No. P128301). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128301

Rochester 196 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128301 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128301},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128301
LB  - CDLI:P128301
M1  - 2025/12/18/
TI  - Rochester 196 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128301
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rochester 196 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128301.

Rochester 196 artifact entry (No. P128301). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128301

Rochester 196 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128301 (Accessed: December 18, 2025).

@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128301},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128301
LB  - CDLI:P128301
M1  - 2025/12/18/
TI  - Rochester 196 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128301
ER  -