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Ontario 2, 008 (P209721)

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 925.062.488

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) gur sza3-gal ansze
2. kiszib3 a-ab-ba-ni
3. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur sza3-gal udu niga
4. kiszib3 a-du
5. 1(barig) sa2-du11 {d}szul-gi-ra
6. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
7. 3(barig) sze ar3-ra kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
8. 1(disz) gur sa2-du11 {d}en-ki
reverse
1. kiszib3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
2. 1(asz) gur sze ar3-ra kiszib3 du-[...]-ka
3. 3(barig) sze ar3-ra {d}szara2-kam
4. 2(barig) sze ar3-ra lu2-dingir-ra
5. 1(asz) gur sze ar3-ra lu2-gi-na
6. 1(asz) gur sze ar3-ra a-ab-ba
7. 1(barig) sze ar3-ra al-lu
8. giri3# inim-{d}nin-e2-gal
9. [...]-sza
10. [...]-mu-usz
11. mu us2-sa# en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Ontario 2, 8

[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 925.062.488
Accession No.: D0484

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-04-17 at 17:36:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:38:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:00	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 (060891) (060891)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 008 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209721.

Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry (No. P209721). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209721

Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209721 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209721},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209721
LB  - CDLI:P209721
M1  - 2026/2/19/
TI  - Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209721
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 008 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209721.

Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry (No. P209721). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209721

Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209721 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-19]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209721},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209721},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209721
LB  - CDLI:P209721
M1  - 2026/2/19/
TI  - Ontario 2, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209721
ER  -