Ontario 2, 078 (P209559)

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 925.062.176

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. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal gu4 niga
3. dag e2-kikken-ta
4. ki ARAD2-ta
5. ur-{gesz}gigir
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti diri
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{gesz}gigir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

seal identified by Mayr, SITU p. 395

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005455 (composite) (P458165) S005455 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209559

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 925.062.176
Accession Number D0171

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060729

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 78

    [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 14:38:13 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, 078 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209559.
Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry (No. P209559). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209559
Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209559 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 078 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209559.
Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry (No. P209559). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209559
Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209559 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209559},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209559
LB  - CDLI:P209559
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - Ontario 2, 078 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209559
ER  -
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