From the 21st Century BC (2013) 398-400 07a (P200865)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05086

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
2. 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
3. a-sza3 GAN2 ur#-gu#
4. 3(bur3) GAN2 sze# gur10#-a
5. 8(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
6. karadinx(|SZE3.SZE.PI.NIG2|)-bi ba#-an-ur4 szu-bi nu-ur3
7. a#-[sza3] x-SIG7-muru13?
8. [n] 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
9. [n] 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
10. karadinx(|SZE3.SZE.PI.NIG2|)#-bi ba-an-ur4# [szu]-bi# nu-ur3
11. a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
12. 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2# [...]
13. a-sza3 du6-[...]
14. 2(bur'u) 4(bur3) GAN2# [sze gur10-a]
column 2
1. 2(bur'u) 4(bur3) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
2. a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3
3. 6(bur3) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
4. 2(bur3)#? GAN2 sze gur10-a
5. [a-sza3] {d}szul-gi-ra
6. [n] 1(bur3) GAN2 sze gur10#-a
7. a-sza3 ugur2-tur a-sza3# la2-mah
8. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
9. 5(bur3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
10. a-sza3 la2-mah-gu-la
11. 4(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
12. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
13. a-sza3 ugur2? a-sza3 la2-mah
14. 1(bur'u)#? 6(bur3)#? 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
15. 1(bur3)#? 1(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) [GAN2] zar3# tab-ba
16. [a-sza3 la2]-tur
reverse
column 1
1. 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
2. a-sza3 gid2-da
3. 4(iku) GAN2 ziz2 sze gur10-a
4. a-sza3 {d}szul-gi-ra
5. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
  blank space
6. a-sza3 da-umma{ki}
7. 1(bur'u) 6(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 sze gur10-a
8. a#-sza3 gu2-de3-na
  blank space
column 2
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1. szunigin 1(szar2) 5(bur'u) 6(bur3) 3(iku) GAN2 sze gur10-a
2. szunigin 1(szar2) 5(bur'u)# [n] GAN2 zar3 tab-ba
  blank space
3. sze gur10-a zar3 tab-ba lu2 umma{ki}-ka
4. ugula a-bu-ni
5. mu us2-sa gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 398-400 07a

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 187

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 05086
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-09-05 at 16:48:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-04-17 at 09:32:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-04-10 at 03:16:16 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2008-09-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“From the 21st Century BC (2013) 398-400 07a Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200865.
From the 21st Century BC (2013) 398-400 07a artifact entry (No. P200865). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200865 (Original work published 2008)
From the 21st Century BC (2013) 398-400 07a artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200865 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200865},
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