Fs Owen 215-216, 11 (P200925)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106468

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

78.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. nin-dub-sar
2. dumu szu-{d}er3-ra ARAD2 inim-{d}szara2-ke4
3. inim lugal nu-u3-um-da-an-szub-ba-asz
4. dam in-tuku-am3 bi2-du11
5. na-ba-a-gi-in
6. 1(disz) ma-ba
7. 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu
8. nam-erim2-bi ba-szum2
reverse
1. nin-dub-sar nam-geme2#-a ba-a-gi4
  1 line erased
  erased igi [...]-x x
2. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra
  1(disz) over erased igi and -sze3 erased
3. 1(disz) szu-{d}nin-szubur nu-banda3-<<sze3>>
  1(disz) over erased igi
4. 1(disz) a-kal-la nu-banda3-<<sze3>>
  1(disz) over erased igi
5. 1(disz) gu3-de2-a nu-banda3-<<sze3>>
  1(disz) over erased igi
6. 1(disz) a-za-a ha-za-num2
  1(disz) over erased igi
7. 1(disz) mudra5-<<sze3>>
  1(disz) over erased igi
8. 1(disz) a-ab-ba
  1(disz) over erased igi
9. 1(disz) na-ba-sa6
  1(disz) over erased igi
10. lu2 ki-ba gub-ba-me

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200925

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 78.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 106468
Accession Number 1913-04-16, 1300

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 058040
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.106468
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-1300

References

  • primary: Fs Owen p.201-217, p. 215-216, 11

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:06:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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

“Fs Owen 215-216, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200925.
Fs Owen 215-216, 11 artifact entry (No. P200925). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200925 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 215-216, 11 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200925 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200925},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 215-216, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200925.
Fs Owen 215-216, 11 artifact entry (No. P200925). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200925 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 215-216, 11 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200925 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 215-216, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200925},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P200925
LB  - CDLI:P200925
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - Fs Owen 215-216, 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200925
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