Fs Sigrist 136, 08 (P200723)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106551

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)] nin-a-ni-sa6 geme2 i3-lam-ma
2. i3-lam-ma-sze3
3. sza3-ge-bu3-lu5
4. in-szi-sa10 bi2-in-du11
5. sa10-a-asz nu-un-da-gi-in
6. sza3-ge-bu3-lu5
7. mu lugal in-pa3
reverse
1. tukum-bi u4 3(disz)-kam-ka
2. lu2-inim-ma nu-mu-de6
3. di til#-[la] he2#-a bi2-in-du11
4. lu2# [inim]-ma# nu-mu-da-de6
5. nin#-[a-ni-sa6] ba-an-de6
6. igi i3#?-da#?-mu-sze3
7. igi ARAD2-{d}nanna gu-za-la2-sze3
8. igi ur-{d}nun-gal lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal-sze3
9. iti sze-sag11-ku5
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10. mu us2-sa en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Fs Sigrist (pp. 125-143), 136, 08

    [Molina2008FsSigrist] Molina, Manuel. 2008. “New Ur III Court Records Concerning Slavery.” In On the Third Dynasty of Ur: Studies in Honor of Marcel Sigrist, edited by Piotr Michalowski, 1:125–43. Journal of Cuneiform Studies - Supplemental Series. Boston.

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  • Museum No.: BM 106551
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.01.00 (us2 year) ?
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-16 at 09:10:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:29:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Sigrist 136, 08 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200723.
Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry (No. P200723). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200723 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200723 (Accessed: August 2, 2025).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {Fs {Sigrist} 136, 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200723
LB  - CDLI:P200723
M1  - 2025/8/2/
TI  - Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200723
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Sigrist 136, 08 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200723.
Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry (No. P200723). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200723 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200723 (Accessed: August 2, 2025).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {Fs {Sigrist} 136, 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200723
LB  - CDLI:P200723
M1  - 2025/8/2/
TI  - Fs Sigrist 136, 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200723
ER  - 
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