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Ontario 2, 488 (P209421)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 925.062.008

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2? du ki-la2-bi 2(disz) ma-na
2. siki mug-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2
3. bi2-gu7-bi 1(u) 7(disz) gin2
4. u-bar-tum
5. 1(disz) nin-e2-gal-e
6. 1(disz) nin-mu-ma-an-ag2? zi3
7. 1(disz) ama-nesag-e
8. 1(disz) geme2-{d}dumu-zi-da sze
9. 1(disz) nin-ama-mu
10. 1(disz) ba-a-saga
11. 1(disz) sag?-zu-zu
12. 1(disz) geme2-{d}szara2 kasz
13. 1(disz) sza-at-{d}er3-ra
14. 1(disz) su-hi
15. 1(disz) nin-ma2-gur8-re x
16. 1(u) 2(disz)
17. lu2 tug2 nig2-lam2 du me-esz2
18. tug2 guz-za du ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-[na]
reverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 ge6 kal ki-la2-bi 3(disz) [ma-na] 9(disz) gin2
2. bi2-gu7-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
3. a-ha-ti
4. 1(disz) nin-a-zu
5. 1(disz)
6. tug2 mu-kux(DU)
7. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
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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

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Ontario 2, 488

[Sigrist2004Ontario2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2004. Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum. II: Administrative Texts Mainly from Umma. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: ROM 925.062.008
Accession No.: D0006A

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	approved
2013-07-11 at 20:27:10	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:38:02	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:49	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	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 (060591) (060591)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Ontario 2, 488 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209421.

Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry (No. P209421). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209421

Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209421 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-07]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209421},
}

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DA  - 2002/7/11/
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M1  - 2025/12/7/
TI  - Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Ontario 2, 488 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209421.

Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry (No. P209421). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209421

Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209421 (Accessed: December 7, 2025).

@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-07]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209421},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209421
LB  - CDLI:P209421
M1  - 2025/12/7/
TI  - Ontario 2, 488 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209421
ER  -