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USC 6629 (P235440)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

USC 6629

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (labor)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 9(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz
2. erin2 diri gaszam u3 lu2 didli
3. ki lu2-{d}szara2 dumu lugal-en-nun-ta#
reverse
1. ugu2# [...] ba#-[a]-gar#
2. kiszib3# ur#-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba
blank space
3. mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. [ur-{d}szara2]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-uszur4
4. nu-banda3-gu4 {d}szara2
very uncertain

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

Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
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seal ID uncertain
Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: USC 6629
Accession No.: USC accession no. K180

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.43.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 18:52:38	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Senior, Andrew	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2025-06-15 at 08:16:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2014-10-04 at 11:37:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2013-06-10 at 08:17:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:44:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-09-16 at 21:57:15	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (164269) (164269)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005355 (composite) (P458065)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“USC 6629 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P235440.

USC 6629 artifact entry (No. P235440). (2025, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P235440 (Original work published 1970)

USC 6629 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P235440 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2025USC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {USC 6629 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P235440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P235440},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P235440
LB  - CDLI:P235440
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - USC 6629 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P235440
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“USC 6629 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P235440.

USC 6629 artifact entry (No. P235440). (2025, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P235440 (Original work published 1970)

USC 6629 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P235440 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2025USC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {USC 6629 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P235440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P235440},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P235440
LB  - CDLI:P235440
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - USC 6629 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P235440
ER  -