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TSU 043 (P135207)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0528

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

54.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) gi HA-AN siki ka-tab-ba
2. 3(gesz2) {gi}kid? ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) sar
3. e2-kiszib3-ba siki-ka ba-an-ba-ra
4. ki a-gu-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
blank space
2. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

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

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 54.0 high × 45.0 wide × 17.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Limet, TSU, 43

[Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

Corbeilles et nattes de roseau
history: RIAA (1925), 127a

[Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MRAH O.0528
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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Date Comments:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2016-01-29 at 12:18:08	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:11:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:58:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:28:31	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 (006559) (006559)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“TSU 043 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P135207.

TSU 043 artifact entry (No. P135207). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135207

TSU 043 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135207 (Accessed: March 29, 2026).

@misc{2001TSU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {TSU 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135207},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P135207
LB  - CDLI:P135207
M1  - 2026/3/29/
TI  - TSU 043 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135207
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TSU 043 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P135207.

TSU 043 artifact entry (No. P135207). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135207

TSU 043 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135207 (Accessed: March 29, 2026).

@misc{2001TSU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {TSU 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135207},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P135207
LB  - CDLI:P135207
M1  - 2026/3/29/
TI  - TSU 043 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135207
ER  -