Umma 045 (P139554)

Letter 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)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. {d}szara2-kam
4. u3 ri-ga-ni
reverse
1. si ha-mu-sa2-e
2. {gesz}mar-x-na
3. 6(disz) sze? SIG7 PI gar
4. he2-na-szum2-mu

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P139554

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) 004956

References

  • primary: Contenau, Umma, 45

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

  • history: TCS 1, 256

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

  • citation: ASJ 22, p.279-301, p. 282

    [Wilcke2000si-sa2] Wilcke, Claus. 2000. “The Verb Si — Sa₂: A Diachronic List of Datable Occurrences Grouped According to the Number of Participants to the Action.” Acta Sumerologica 22: 279–301.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:17:51 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 045 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139554.
Umma 045 artifact entry (No. P139554). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139554
Umma 045 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139554 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2001Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Umma 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139554},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139554},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139554
LB  - CDLI:P139554
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Umma 045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139554
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Umma 045 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139554.
Umma 045 artifact entry (No. P139554). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139554
Umma 045 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139554 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).
@misc{2001Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Umma 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139554},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139554},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139554
LB  - CDLI:P139554
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Umma 045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139554
ER  -
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