Umma 109 (P139618)

Administrative tag 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

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak giri3-se3-ga {d}szara2 giri3-se3-ga dingir-re-ne
 en: xxx
3. giri3-se3-ga sza3 iri-ka
 en: xxx
4. u3 nig2-diri da-umma{ki}
 en: xxx
reverse
1. erin2? giri3-se3-ga
 en: xxx
2. mu gurum2 lu2-du10-ga KA u2-sa
 en: xxx
3. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
4. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P139618

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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) 005020

References

  • primary: Contenau, Umma, 109

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

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 075

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:23:28 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:18:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:08 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Umma 109 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P139618.
Umma 109 artifact entry (No. P139618). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139618 (Original work published 2001)
Umma 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139618 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2024Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {Umma 109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139618},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P139618
LB  - CDLI:P139618
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - Umma 109 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139618
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Umma 109 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P139618.
Umma 109 artifact entry (No. P139618). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139618 (Original work published 2001)
Umma 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139618 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
@misc{2024Umma,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {Umma 109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139618},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P139618
LB  - CDLI:P139618
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - Umma 109 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139618
ER  -
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