RA 024, 044 (P200887)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

Museum Collection(s)

-

Museum Number

unknown

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. um-ma szar-ru-um-ma
2. a-na ur-{d}li9-si4-na
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. 1(gesz2) sze gur
5. a-na lu2-mah
6. sza {d}inanna
7. sza gir2-su{ki}
8. i-di3-in
reverse

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200887

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)
Museum Number unknown
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 006697

References

  • primary: RA 24 (pp. 31-48), 044

    [Scheil1927RA24] Scheil, Vincent. 1927. “Carptim.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 24: 31–48.

  • history: Dahl, Ruling family Umma, p. 57 n. 212

    [Dahl2007ruling-family] Dahl, Jacob L. 2007. The Ruling Family of Ur III Umma. A Prosopographical Analysis of an Elite Family in Southern Iraq 4000 Years Ago. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden = PIHANS 108. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, no. 74

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: TCS 1, 369

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:10:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 19:07:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-02 at 13:59:14 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-02 at 12:21:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RA 024, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200887.
RA 024, 044 artifact entry (No. P200887). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200887 (Original work published 2002)
RA 024, 044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200887 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {RA 024, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200887},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200887
LB  - CDLI:P200887
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - RA 024, 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200887
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“RA 024, 044 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200887.
RA 024, 044 artifact entry (No. P200887). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200887 (Original work published 2002)
RA 024, 044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200887 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {RA 024, 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200887},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200887
LB  - CDLI:P200887
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - RA 024, 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200887
ER  - 
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