UMTBM 03, 67 (P201932)

Administrative 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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106009

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text 841 sukkal 3 viii e2 Åara)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 usz-[x-x]
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda ur-[x-x]
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda a-hu-szu-[ni]
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda ur-igi-ama#-[sze3]
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda igi-sa6-ga
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda du11-ga-ni
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda lu2-mar-tu
8. sukkal-me-esz2
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 kal-i3-li2
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szu-u2-u2
11. [3(disz) sila3 kasz] 2(disz) sila3 ninda qar-da-a
12. [3(disz) sila3 kasz] 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur-lugal
reverse
1. [3(disz) sila3] kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda ba-tu
2. [3(disz) sila3] kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda dingir#-ba-ni
3. [lu2 kas4?]-me-esz2
4. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 5(disz) gin2 szum2-<ta>
5. [szunigin] 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
6. szunigin 3(ban2) [8(disz) sila3] kasz du
7. szunigin 5(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15
8. szunigin [2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3] ninda du
9. szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 la2 1(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
10. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 naga
11. [szunigin 1(disz)] sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2
12. [u4] 3(disz)-kam
13. [iti] e2-iti-6(disz)
14. mu# e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3

Consult previous versions and their differences
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): 32.0 high × 35.0 wide × 13.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: UMTBM 3, 67

    [d’Agostino2003UMTBM3] Agostino, Franco d’, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2003. Umma Messenger Texts in the British Museum, Part Three (UMTBM 3). Supplemento Alla Rivista Degli Studi Orientali, N. 2. Pisa, Roma: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 106009
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.08.03
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:34:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:25:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:31:59 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“UMTBM 03, 67 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P201932.
UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry (No. P201932). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201932 (Original work published 2002)
UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201932 (Accessed: August 8, 2025).
@misc{2023UMTBM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201932},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P201932
LB  - CDLI:P201932
M1  - 2025/8/8/
TI  - UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P201932
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UMTBM 03, 67 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P201932.
UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry (No. P201932). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P201932 (Original work published 2002)
UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P201932 (Accessed: August 8, 2025).
@misc{2023UMTBM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P201932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P201932},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P201932
LB  - CDLI:P201932
M1  - 2025/8/8/
TI  - UMTBM 03, 67 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P201932
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.