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Ontario 2, 059 (P209479)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 925.062.076

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

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(barig) sze lugal
2. sza3-gal gu4 niga
3. e2-kikken-ta
4. szu-u2 szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1

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
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
seal identified by Mayr, SITU p. 369
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Ontario 2, 59

[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 925.062.076
Accession No.: D0071

Provenience

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

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.10.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2016-02-19 at 01:45:50	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:38:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:50	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (060649) (060649)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004225.1 (composite) (P533868)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 059 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209479.

Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry (No. P209479). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209479

Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209479 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209479},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209479
LB  - CDLI:P209479
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209479
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 059 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209479.

Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry (No. P209479). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209479

Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209479 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).

@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209479},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209479
LB  - CDLI:P209479
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - Ontario 2, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209479
ER  -