Fs Owen 208-209, 05 (P200926)

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 106509

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

70.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 20.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) sar e2 e3-li
2. lugal-{gesz}gigir-re dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ke4
3. dumu e3-li-sze3 sa10-asz
4. in-ge-en6
5. ba-an-sa6 dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ke4
6. nam-erim2-bi mu-ku5
7. ur-ku3 aga3-us2 maszkim di til-la-bi-im
reverse
  blank space

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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): 70.0 high × 44.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • primary: Fs Owen p.201-217, p. 208-209, 5

    [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), 163

    [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 106509
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 1341

  • 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 metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2011-07-22 at 14:32:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:30:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Owen 208-209, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200926.
Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry (No. P200926). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200926 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200926 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 208-209, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200926},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200926},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/21/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P200926
M1  - 2026/3/25/
TI  - Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Owen 208-209, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200926.
Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry (No. P200926). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200926 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200926 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 208-209, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200926},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200926},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200926
LB  - CDLI:P200926
M1  - 2026/3/25/
TI  - Fs Owen 208-209, 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200926
ER  - 
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