Ontario 2, 448 (P209544)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 925.062.153

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(u) 5(asz) gig gur
2. sze ri-ri-ga-bi 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) <gur>
3. nu-banda3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu bar-ra-an
4. gig gur
5. sze ri-ri-ga-bi 1(asz) gur
reverse
1. nu-banda3-gu4 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu lugal-lu2-ni
2. ma2-a si-ga nibru{ki}-sze3
3. giri3 e2-gal-e-si
4. ki-su7 a-kun-kum2
5. iti szu-numun
6. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209544

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum Number ROM 925.062.153
Accession Number D0148

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060714

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 448

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:38:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:52 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 448 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209544.
Ontario 2, 448 artifact entry (No. P209544). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209544
Ontario 2, 448 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209544 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 448 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209544.
Ontario 2, 448 artifact entry (No. P209544). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209544
Ontario 2, 448 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209544 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209544},
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