LoC 023 (P272547)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Museum Number

LoC 023

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

27.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu
2. 1(disz) masz2
3. nam-ha-ni dumu ur-ab-ba
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P272547

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 27.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
Museum Number LoC 023
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 167437

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-06-29 at 19:19:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:46:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-04-12 at 16:53:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2005-06-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“LoC 023 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 2, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P272547.
LoC 023 artifact entry (No. P272547). (2005, June 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272547
LoC 023 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272547 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {jun 2},
	title = {LoC 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272547},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272547},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/6/2/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P272547
LB  - CDLI:P272547
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - LoC 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P272547
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“LoC 023 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 2, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P272547.
LoC 023 artifact entry (No. P272547). (2005, June 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272547
LoC 023 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272547 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2005LoC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {jun 2},
	title = {LoC 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272547},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272547},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/6/2/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P272547
LB  - CDLI:P272547
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - LoC 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P272547
ER  - 
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