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

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

-

Text

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
  blank space
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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200865

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05086
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060139
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008065
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5086

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-04-17 at 09:32:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-04-10 at 03:16:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-09-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ditchey, Mallory CDLI, CDLI Approved View

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: October 12, 2026).
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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: October 12, 2026).
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