Hermitage 3, 498 (P211701)

Administrative tag excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 07893

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. kiszib3 dab-ba
 en: sealed documents of conveyance,
3. sza3 ze2
 en: in ...
4. u3 [...]
 en: and ...
5. lu2-{d}ha-ia3
 en: of Lu-Ḫaya
reverse
1. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
  blank space
2. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz-e i3-pa3#
 en: year: “The en(-priest) of Inanna in Uruk by the goat was found.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P211701

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Museum Number Erm 07893
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059856

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-10 at 19:17:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-10 at 09:40:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:52 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 19:41:35 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2002-07-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Koslova, Natalya V. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 498 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211701.
Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry (No. P211701). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211701
Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211701 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P211701},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211701},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211701
LB  - CDLI:P211701
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211701
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 498 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P211701.
Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry (No. P211701). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P211701
Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P211701 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2002Hermitage,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P211701},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P211701},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P211701
LB  - CDLI:P211701
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 498 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P211701
ER  -
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