Sale Documents 088* (P200930)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich, Germany

Museum Number

ÄS 1313

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale document)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar e2
2. 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2
3. sa10 e2
4. 1(disz) ma-na siki
5. 1(disz) tug2 |NIG2.SAG.LAL.MUNUS|
6. 1(disz) sila3 i3
7. nig2-ba e2
8. ur-nigar{gar}
9. dumu giri3-ni-ke4
10. gal5-la2-gal-ke4
11. gu-gu dumu usz-mu-sze3
12. i3-sa6-a-ni dam-ni
13. 2(disz)-na-ne-ne-sze3
14. e2 in-ne-szi-sa10
15. inim-bi i3-til
reverse
1. ha-na-a szitim
2. ur-e2-nirx(|MIR.ZA|) szitim
3. lugal-saga dub-sar
4. al-la dumu ur-du6 kuruszda
5. mu10-us2-sa2 gu-gu
6. inim-ma-ni-zi dumu in-na-a
7. ARAD2 dumu lugal-sila
8. lu2 ki inim-ma-me-esz2
9. 3(gesz2) 2(u) ninda asal? 1(gesz2) dug kasz udul2-udul2
10. inim-{d}szara2 um-mi-a
11. u4-ba a-hu-a ensi2 umma{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale document)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P200930

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) Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, Munich, Germany
Museum Number ÄS 1313
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 031626

References

  • primary: FAOS 17, no. 88*

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

    See also the bibliography given there


  • history: ZA 091 (pp. 207-224), 220

    [Farber2001ZA91] Farber, Gertrud, and Walter Farber. 2001. “Die Keilschrifttafeln Der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 91: 207–24.

    (catalogue)


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 18:20:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:32:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-30 at 17:58:17 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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

“Sale Documents 088* Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200930.
Sale Documents 088* artifact entry (No. P200930). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200930 (Original work published 2002)
Sale Documents 088* artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200930 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 088* artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200930},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200930
LB  - CDLI:P200930
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - Sale Documents 088* artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200930
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Sale Documents 088* Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P200930.
Sale Documents 088* artifact entry (No. P200930). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200930 (Original work published 2002)
Sale Documents 088* artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200930 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 088* artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200930},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P200930
LB  - CDLI:P200930
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - Sale Documents 088* artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P200930
ER  - 
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