Fs Owen 201-203, 01 (P200743)

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 106451

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

Measurements

85.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 23.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. geme2-{d}suen-ke4
2. dam ur-lugal szandana-ka
3. 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar in-da-tuku in-na-du11
4. silim-mu ki-ag2-e in-til# bi2-du11
5. lu2-{d}suen maszkim di til-la-mu bi2-du11
6. lu2-{d}suen-ra en8 ba-na-tar{ar}
7. lu5-am3 bi2-du11
8. egir-ra dam ur-lugal-ke4
9. 1(u) gin2 ku3 in-da-an-tuku-asz
10. in-ge-en8
reverse
1. a-lu5-lu5 dumu ur-lugal-ke4
2. 5(disz) gin2 ku3 in-da-an-tuku-asz
3. in-ge-en8 [(x)]
4. dumu ur-lugal-ka 5(disz)-bi#
5. nam-erim2-ma ba-ni-dab5
6. in-dur2-ru-usz
7. igi a-kal-la nu-banda3-sze3
8. igi lu2-dingir-ra dumu lugal-ba-ta-e3-sze3
9. igi i3-da-mu-sze3
10. igi inim-ma-dingir dam-gar3-sze3
11. igi ba-saga dumu gala-mah-sze3

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 85.0 high × 54.0 wide × 23.0 thick
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  • primary: Fs Owen p.201-217, p. 201-203, 1

    [Molina2010court] Molina, Manuel. 2010. “Court Records from Umma.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 201–17. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • history: Fs Sigrist (pp. 159-176), 173

    [Sallaberger2008FsSigrist] Sallaberger, Walther. 2008. “Der Eid Im Gerichtsverfahren In Neusumerischen Umma.” In On the Third Dynasty of Ur: Studies in Honor of Marcel Sigrist, 159–76. American Schools of Oriental Research.

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  • Museum No.: BM 106451
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 1283

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-21 at 12:59:10 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 08:29:45 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 Owen 201-203, 01 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200743.
Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry (No. P200743). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200743 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200743 (Accessed: August 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 201-203, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200743},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200743
LB  - CDLI:P200743
M1  - 2025/8/18/
TI  - Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 201-203, 01 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200743.
Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry (No. P200743). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200743 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200743 (Accessed: August 18, 2025).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 201-203, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200743},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200743},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200743
LB  - CDLI:P200743
M1  - 2025/8/18/
TI  - Fs Owen 201-203, 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200743
ER  - 
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