Ontario 2, 472 (P209696)

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 925.062.461

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(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
2. 2(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
reverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze
2. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ziz2
3. nig2-dab5 sze-sag11-ku5
4. da-da szu ba-ti
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P209696

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 925.062.461
Accession Number D0457

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 060866

References

  • primary: Ontario 2, 472

    [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 14:38:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:59 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, 472 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209696.
Ontario 2, 472 artifact entry (No. P209696). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209696
Ontario 2, 472 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209696 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 472 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209696.
Ontario 2, 472 artifact entry (No. P209696). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209696
Ontario 2, 472 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209696 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209696},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209696},
}


TY  - ELEC
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PY  - 2002
ID  - P209696
LB  - CDLI:P209696
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - Ontario 2, 472 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209696
ER  -
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