Ontario 2, 439 (P209461)

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 925.062.056

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. la2-ia3 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. kab2?-du11-ga sze-a-ak
  editon has kab
3. ki ur-{d}li9-si4-ta
reverse
1. lugal-nig2-lagar-e
2. su-su-dam
3. mu lugal-nig2-lagar-e-sze3
4. kiszib3 szesz-a-ni dumu-na i3-gal2
5. iti pa4-u2-e
  some text moved to next line
6. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun-ga2

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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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    20160411 firth: publication lists seal imprint, but this is not visible on photo.

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Ontario 2, 439

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

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  • Museum No.: ROM 925.062.056
  • Accession No.: D0051

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:38:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:50 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
“Ontario 2, 439 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209461.
Ontario 2, 439 artifact entry (No. P209461). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209461
Ontario 2, 439 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209461 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 439 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209461},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209461},
}


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PY  - 2002
ID  - P209461
LB  - CDLI:P209461
M1  - 2025/6/15/
TI  - Ontario 2, 439 artifact entry
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