CUSAS 39, 132 (P250741)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 2015

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

128.0 mm × 71.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-sa6-i3-zu dub-sar mar-sa
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-a-zu dumu-ni
3. 1(asz) GAN2 lu2-saga-mu szesz-tab-ba
4. szu nig2-lagar-e dub-sar
5. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu-ni
6. dub#-sar mar-sa i3-dab5
7. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-me-lam2
8. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re dumu#-ni#
9. 1(asz) GAN2 inim-{d}szara2 szesz-tab-ba
10. dumu# igi#-sa6-ge-me
11. ma2#-gin2-me
12. 1(asz@c) GAN2 ur-mes dumu lu5-gu
13. 1(asz) GAN2 ur-mes szesz-tab-ba#
14. 1(asz@c) GAN2 a-kal-la
15. dumu ur-nigar{gar}-me
16. szu ur-nigar{gar#}
17. 1(asz) GAN2 lugal-x-x [szesz-tab-ba]
18. 1(asz) lu2-dingir-ra#
19. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga-mu
20. [dumu]-ni-me
21. [x x] 4(disz)# ug3 lugal-nir-gal2
22. [...] lu2#-eb-gal#
23. [...]-x-{d}szara2#
column 2
1. dumu-ni-me#
2. ma2-gin2-ta
3. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ur-{d}suen
4. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ur-dingir-ra
5. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ukken-ne2
6. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 lugal-zi-mu
7. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ur-{d}da-mu
8. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) dumu-gi7 ur-nigar{gar}
9. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}en-ki dumu-ni
10. 1(asz@c) GAN2 KA-u2-ga
11. 1(asz) GAN2 ur-{d}isztaran szesz-tab-ba
12. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ga-za
13. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 gi4-du3-mu
14. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) dumu-gi7 inim-ku3
15. szu 4(ban2)# 3(disz)# dumu#-gi7# ur-gu2-edin-na
16. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) ug3 ur-{d}utu
17. 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra
18. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}iszkur
19. dumu-ni-me
20. 1(asz@c) 4(disz) ug3 ur-si-gar#
reverse
column 1
1. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-{d#}ma#-mi dumu-ni
2. lu2 azlag2 sza3 umma#{ki#}
3. ki i3-kal-la-ta#
  blank space
4. lu2-mar-sa-me
5. 1(u) 1(disz) szu-me
6. szu# 4(ban2)# 3(disz) ug3 e2-zi-mu
7. ki# lugal#-mu#-ma#-ag2#-ta
8. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 lu2-eb-gal szesz ad-da-mu
9. ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ta
10. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ur-saga#
11. ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re min-kam-ta
12. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 szu-na-mu-gi4
13. ki ku3-ga-ni-ta
14. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 ba-du-du
15. szu a-kal-la dumu ur-dam?
16. 1(disz) ad-da-mu dumu-ni
17. sza3-gu4 ki lugal-ku3-zu-ta
18. guru7 szu#-[x] dab5-a-ta
19. 1(ban2@c) GAN2 ur-x-x-an-na x DU# ma2-gur8-[re]-ta#
column 2
1. 1(asz)#? 4(ban2)# ug3 ur-dingir ku3-ta sa10-a ur-nigar#{gar#}
2. szu# 4(ban2) 3(disz) ug3 szu-im-[bi?]
3. egir6 gurum2 ugula-ta#
  blank space
  seal 1
4. szunigin 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz [x]
5. szunigin 1(asz) GAN2 szesz#-tab#-ba
6. szunigin 2(disz) dumu# nita2#
7. szunigin 1(disz) szu-gi4
8. dub-sar mar-sa i3-dab5
9. szunigin 4(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
10. szunigin 4(asz) szesz-tab#-ba
11. szunigin 1(asz@c) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
12. szunigin 1(asz) dumu? nita2 diri
13. szunigin 3(disz) dumu nita2
14. szunigin 1(disz) dumu nita2 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
15. szunigin 3(disz) szu-gi4 3(ban2) 3(disz)-ta
16. szunigin 2(disz) szu-gi4 nu-dab5
17. erin2-me#
18. szunigin 3(asz@c) ug3 gurusz 1(barig) 4(disz)-ta
19. szunigin 1(asz) ug3 gurusz 4(ban2) 1(disz) <tug2>
20. szunigin 2(asz) dumu 2(ban2) 2(disz)#-ta
21. szunigin 3(disz) dumu nita2 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-ta
22. [szunigin] 1(u) 3(disz) szu-gi4 4(ban2) 3(disz)#-ta#
  blank space
23. [ug3]-IL2#-me
24. [ugula? lu2]-sa6-i3-zu
25. [iti] dal
26. [mu {gesz}gu]-za {d}en-lil2#-la2 ba-dim2
left
1. kiszib3 nig2-lagar-e [x]
seal 1
1. nig2-lagar-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-gaba
4. szabra

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000306 (composite) (P430404) S000306 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P250741

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 128.0 mm × 71.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number MS 2015
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 169984

References

  • primary: CUSAS 39, 132

    [Dahl2020CUSAS39] Dahl, Jacob L. 2020. Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 39. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-08-16 at 22:22:03 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2026-07-28 at 17:00:05 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2025-07-22 at 16:47:21 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2018-06-06 at 07:37:29 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-28 at 13:33:45 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-28 at 09:35:41 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-24 at 13:04:21 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-13 at 01:37:17 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-04-14 at 06:27:06 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-10-27 at 09:15:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:53:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-10-08 at 03:13:21 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-30 at 07:33:59 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 14:17:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 13:52:28 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 12:55:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 12:49:52 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 12:32:53 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-29 at 12:28:17 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-12-04 at 05:50:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-10-11 at 08:24:25 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 39, 132 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P250741.
CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry (No. P250741). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P250741
CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P250741 (Accessed: September 8, 2026).
@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-08]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P250741},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P250741},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P250741
LB  - CDLI:P250741
M1  - 2026/9/8/
TI  - CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P250741
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 39, 132 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P250741.
CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry (No. P250741). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P250741
CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P250741 (Accessed: September 8, 2026).
@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-08]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P250741},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P250741},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P250741
LB  - CDLI:P250741
M1  - 2026/9/8/
TI  - CUSAS 39, 132 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P250741
ER  -
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