Fs Krecher 399-421 (P208747)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105339

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

110.0 mm × 63.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. x i#!-mi#!-[ra?]
2. lu2 kin#-[gi4-a] lugal-[ke4]
3. en3 a-ba-na#-[tar]
4. tukum-[bi] ur-{d}nin-mug-[ga]-ra-am3 ba-an-[na]-szum2 ib2-be2
5. ur-{d}nin-mug-ga-ke4 ba-an-tum3
6. tukum-bi inim i3-im-gal2-la-am3 ib2-be2
7. dam a-bi2-a-ti-ke4 ba-an-tum3
8. 1(disz) na-na-a-nu-ri
9. 1(disz) a-hi-ba-asz-ti
10. 1(disz) sza-lim-nu-ri
11. dam a-bi2-a-ti-ke4
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...] AN
3. [...] x AN
4. [...] NI x
5. [...] szesz
6. [en3 bi2?-tar?]-re-dam#?
7. [ur-nigar]{gar} kaskal-ta# [...]-gen#
8. sze a-[sza3 x x?]-x-a-ka
9. en3-[bi tar]-re-dam
blank space
10. inim-inim-ma
11. ur-{d}nin-mug-ga-ka
12. igi ensi2-ka-sze3
13. igi ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu gu-du-du-sze3
14. igi i3-da-mu-sze3
reverse
column 1
1. igi lu2-{d}szara2 dumu um-mi-a-sze3
2. igi u-bar nu-banda3-sze3
3. igi szar-ru-um-i3-li2 nu-banda3-sze3
4. igi lugal-me-lam2-sze3
5. igi a-bu-um-dingir egir szakkan6-sze3
blank space
6. di-bi ba-til
7. {d}szul-gi-s,i-lu-ul lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal maszkim
rest blank
column 2
blank space
1. [(...)]
2. [mu {d}amar-{d}]suen# [lugal-e sza-asz]-szu2-ru[{ki}] mu#-hul
rest blank
8.

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 110.0 high × 63.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Fs Krecher (pp. 399-421), 399-421

[Molina2014Fs Krecher] Molina, Manuel. 2014. “From Court Records to Sammelurkunden: A New Tablet from Umma and TCL 5, 6047.” In Studies in Sumerian Language and Literature. Festschrift Für Joachim Krecher, edited by Natalya V. Koslova, E. Vizirova, and Gábor Zólyomi, 8:399–421. Babel Und Bibel. Winona Lake.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 105339
Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 0171

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 08:52:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2018-01-16 at 20:54:25	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2017-02-24 at 02:55:58	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:05	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-05-28 at 12:06:32	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (057470) (057470)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.105339) (BM.105339)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-171) (W_1913-0416-171)

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Krecher 399-421 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208747.

Fs Krecher 399-421 artifact entry (No. P208747). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208747 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Krecher 399-421 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208747 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Krecher 399-421 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P208747.

Fs Krecher 399-421 artifact entry (No. P208747). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208747 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Krecher 399-421 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208747 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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