Orient 55, 152 08 (P273927)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Museum Number

Dartmouth 23-1-7185

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ab-ba-gi-na
3. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. lugal-ku3-zu
5. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. inim-ku3
7. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. a-ba-ne-gi18
9. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
10. lugal-bad3
reverse
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. ur-lu2-gu-la
3. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. ur-{d}szara2
5. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. lugal-i3-sa6
7. szunigin 2(gesz’u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. e2-bappir sza3 iri u3 bala-a gub-ba
9. ki szesz-saga-ta
10. kiszib3 ku3-ga-ni
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11. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ku3-[ga-ni]
2. dub#-[sar]
3. dumu ur-{d}[szul-pa-e3]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Orient 55, p.117-154, p. 152 8

    [Widell2020Hood] Widell, Magnus. 2020. “Ur III Economy and Bureaucracy. The Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablets in the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (I).” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 117–54.

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  • Museum No.: Dartmouth 23-1-7185
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-19 at 09:41:30 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-08-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Guerra, Dylan CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002663 (composite) (P455373) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Orient 55, 152 08 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P273927.
Orient 55, 152 08 artifact entry (No. P273927). (2005, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273927
Orient 55, 152 08 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273927 (Accessed: July 22, 2025).
@misc{2005Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-22]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {Orient 55, 152 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273927},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273927},
}


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