Sale Documents 098 (P200732)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0695

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale document)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) eme3-mah2
2. 7(gesz2) 1(u) sze gur-sze3
3. i3-kal-la dub-sar-e
4. ur-mes lu2 lunga-sze3
5. in-szi-sa10
6. inim-bi i3-til
reverse
1. igi a-a-kal-la
2. dumu lu2-saga-sze3
3. igi ur-{d}a-szar2
4. lu2 azlag2 a-pi4-sal4{ki}-sze3
5. igi lu2-he2-gal2-sze3
6. lu2-ki-inim-ma-me
7. iti nesag
  some text moved to next line
8. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu ur-nig2
3. lu2 lunga

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale document)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

illegible

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004571 (composite) (P457281) S004571 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200732

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) Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Museum Number PUL Ex 0695
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 31632

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-09 at 18:36:33 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-06-09 at 09:11:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-04-03 at 22:04:20 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:24 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Sale Documents 098 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200732.
Sale Documents 098 artifact entry (No. P200732). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200732 (Original work published 2002)
Sale Documents 098 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200732 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200732},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200732},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200732
LB  - CDLI:P200732
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - Sale Documents 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200732
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Sale Documents 098 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200732.
Sale Documents 098 artifact entry (No. P200732). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200732 (Original work published 2002)
Sale Documents 098 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200732 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200732},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200732},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200732
LB  - CDLI:P200732
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - Sale Documents 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200732
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.