USP 18 (P217375)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 11439

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(bur'u@c) GAN2#
2. agar4 a-x GAN2#
3. 3(bur'u@c) GAN2#
4. agar4 edin-x [(x)]
5. 8(bur3@c) GAN2
6. agar4 bar GAN2#?
7. 2(bur'u@c) GAN2
8. agar4# da {gesz}pesz3
  double ruling
9. n 2(bur3@c)#? GAN2
reverse
1. [(x) e3]-t,ib-me-er
2. _in_ umma{ki}
3. me-sag2
4. ensi2
5. gu-gu-uz
6. dub-sar lugal
7. i3-gid2
  blank space
8. [n] mu# [...]

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: USP, 18

    [Foster1982USP] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, Volume 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 11439
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-05-28 at 13:08:46 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“USP 18 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P217375.
USP 18 artifact entry (No. P217375). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217375 (Original work published 1970)
USP 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217375 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
@misc{2023USP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {USP 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217375},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217375},
}

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