Ontario 2, 478 (P209809)

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 910x209.412

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) ma-na siki
2. szi-szar-ra-at
3. 2(disz) ba-a-a
4. 2(disz) a-a-ar
5. 2(disz) nin-ga2-ne-ka
6. 1(disz) u4-ma-ni-gar
7. 2(disz) ni-za-tum
8. 2(disz) sze3-bi2-ni-ib
9. 2(disz) gal-la-a
10. 2(disz) az-za-at
11. 2(disz) sza-at-i3-li2
12. 2(disz) {d}ba-ba6-nin-am3
reverse
1. 2(disz) nin-{d}lamma muhaldim
2. 2(disz)#
3. 2(disz)#
4. 1(disz)#
5. szunigin2 4(u) ma-na
6. siki geme2 e2-a
7. mu [... ba]-hul

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Ontario 2, 478

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

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  • Museum No.: ROM 910x209.412
  • Accession No.: D0944

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 10:11:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:38:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:02 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 478 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209809.
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (No. P209809). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209809
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209809 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209809
LB  - CDLI:P209809
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209809
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Ontario 2, 478 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P209809.
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (No. P209809). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P209809
Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P209809 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P209809},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/11/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P209809
LB  - CDLI:P209809
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - Ontario 2, 478 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P209809
ER  - 
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