Umma 018 (P139527)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Contenau, France (dispersed?)

Museum Number

Contenau — ?

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. 2(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gig gur lugal
2. 8(asz) 2(barig) la2 1(disz) ziz2 gur
3. gur zabar gibil!-ta
4. ki lugal-he2-gal2-ta
reverse
1. ARAD2 szu ba-ti
2. iti diri
3. mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

Textual annotations

#new_text=P139527 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 2(u) 2(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 4(asz) 4(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 1(barig) 1(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 4(ban2) 4(ban)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 gig gig[resin_type] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 10 8(asz) 8(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 2(barig) 2(bariga)[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 la2 la[hang] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 13 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 14 ziz2 ziz[emmer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 16 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 zabar zabar[measuring_vessel] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 gibil-ta gibil[new] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 19 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 lugal-he2-gal2-ta Lugalhegal[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 21 ARAD2 Arad[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Erg _ _ _ _ 22 szu szu[hand] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 23 ba-ti n] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 diri diri[intercalary_month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 a-ra2 ara[times] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 3(disz)-kam 3(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 29 si-mu-ru-um{ki} Simurrum[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 30 ba-hul hulu[destroy] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

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/P139527

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) Contenau, France (dispersed?)
Museum Number Contenau — ?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004929

References

  • primary: Contenau, Umma, 18

    [Contenau1916Umma] Contenau, Georges. 1916. Umma Sous La Dynastie d’Ur. Paris: Paul Geuthner.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:17:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:06 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Umma 018 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139527.
Umma 018 artifact entry (No. P139527). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139527
Umma 018 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139527 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2001Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Umma 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139527},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139527},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139527
LB  - CDLI:P139527
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Umma 018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139527
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Umma 018 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139527.
Umma 018 artifact entry (No. P139527). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139527
Umma 018 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139527 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2001Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Umma 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139527},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139527},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139527
LB  - CDLI:P139527
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Umma 018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139527
ER  -
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