JavaScript is disabled or not supported in your browser. If possible, enable it for a better experience.

ViOr 8/1, 016 (P141958)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy

Museum Number

UPS —

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

44.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-kam
2. 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-kam
4. {u2}gug4 ga6-ga2
5. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)-kam
6. 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-kam
reverse
1. {u2}har-an ga6-ga2
2. kun-zi-da e2-duru5 ku5-da-sze3
3. ugula ARAD2-mu
4. kiszib3 ur-mes
1 line blank
5. iti nesag
some text moved to next line
6. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1

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

Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 45.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: ViOr 8/1, 016

[Archi1989Tavolette] Archi, Alfonso, and Francesco Pomponio. 1989. “Tavolette Economiche Neo-Sumeriche Dell’Università Pontificia Salesiana.” Vicino Oriente. Annuario Dell’Istituto Di Studi Del Vicino Oriente 8 (1): 1–112. https://www.vicino-oriente-journal.it/index.php/vicino-oriente/article/view/16.

Lavoratori

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UPS —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.04.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-03 at 08:46:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-05-06 at 09:58:45	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact, Other Entity	Willighagen, Lars	Willighagen, Lars	approved
2024-05-06 at 09:21:45	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact, Other Entity	Willighagen, Lars	Willighagen, Lars	approved
2016-01-29 at 11:10:47	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:22:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:30:59	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 (032070) (032070)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004566 (composite) (P457276)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“ViOr 8/1, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P141958.

ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry (No. P141958). (2024, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141958 (Original work published 2001)

ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141958 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2024ViOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141958},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141958},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P141958
LB  - CDLI:P141958
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P141958
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“ViOr 8/1, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P141958.

ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry (No. P141958). (2024, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141958 (Original work published 2001)

ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141958 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2024ViOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141958},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141958},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P141958
LB  - CDLI:P141958
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - ViOr 8/1, 016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P141958
ER  -