BM 105343 (P208769)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105343

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

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(barig) sze] ur5-ra ur-{d}en-lil2-la2#?
2. [1(barig)] ur-{d}li9-si4
3. 1(barig) lugal-szu-nir-re#
4. 1(barig) na-ba-sa6
5. 1(barig) da#?-du#?-mu
6. 1(barig) masz-ku3-ge dumu# {d}szara2-kam
7. 1(barig) ur-ge6-par4?
8. 1(barig) lu2-{d}utu
9. 1(barig) ur-e2-gal
10. [1(barig)] lugal-{gesz}x
11. [1(barig)] szesz-szesz
12. 1(barig) lugal-igi-husz
13. 1(barig) inim-{d}inanna
14. 1(barig) ur-{d}sukkal-x
15. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze-ta 3(disz) [la2] 1(barig) gur ugula na-ba-sa6
16. 1(barig) nig2-du10-ga-mu
17. 1(barig) ur-mes
18. [1(barig)] szesz-kal-la
19. [1(barig)] lu2-eb-gal
20. 1(barig)# ur-szu-kal-la
21. 1(barig) lugal-pa-e3
22. 1(barig) ur-nigar{gar}
23. 1(barig) ur-{d}gu-nu-ra
24. 1(barig) ur-lugal
25. 1(barig) lu2-bala-saga
reverse
1. 1(barig) ur-{d}suen
2. 1(barig) dumu? lu2-du10-ga
3. 1(barig) nimgir-di-de3
4. [1(barig)] x x e
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5. [szunigin 1(u) 4(disz)] gurusz 1(barig) sze-ta 3(asz)# gur [ugula] lu2-bala-saga
6. 1(barig) lu2-x-me-la
7. 1(barig) ur#-nigar{gar}
8. 1(barig) szesz-kal-la
9. 1(barig) x-x-ku3?-an
10. [1(barig)] lu2-{d}szara2
11. [1(barig)] a-kal#-la
12. [1(barig)] lugal#-[e2]-mah-e
13. [1(barig)] ur-i7#-da
14. [1(barig)] e2 x-il2-la
15. [1(barig)] lugal-e2-mah-e i3-du8
16. 1(barig) ur-si?-gar
17. 1(barig) nigar{gar}-ki-du10
18. 1(barig) a-lu2#?-en-mur-du
19. szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta sze-bi 2(asz) 3(barig) gur
20. ugula nigar{gar}-ki-du10
21. szunigin gurusz 1(barig)-ta sze-bi 8(asz) 4(barig)? gur
22. dumu [dab5-ba {d}]szara2 |KI.AN|#{ki}
23. [...] a2 x [...]
24. [...] x-sar a-sza3 la2-mah [...]
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1. iti x-[...]
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2. mu# hu#-hu-nu-ri[{ki} ba-hul]

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
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 105343
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:36:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:47 CDLI Atf CDLI 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

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 105343 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P208769.
BM 105343 artifact entry (No. P208769). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P208769 (Original work published 2002)
BM 105343 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P208769 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 105343 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P208769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P208769},
}

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