Orient 55, 151 06 (P273929)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

Dartmouth 23-1-7188

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
2. ki i3-kal-la-ta
3. kiszib3 lugal-ur2-ra#-ni# lu2 ensi2-ka
reverse
1. iti nesag
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu us2-sa ur#-bi2#-lum{ki} ba#-hul#
seal 1
1. lugal#-ur2-ra-ni#
2. ARAD2# {d}nin#-e2#?-[gal?]

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 003719 (composite) (P456429) S003719 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P273929

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Museum Number Dartmouth 23-1-7188
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 170352

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.117-154, p. 151 6

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-19 at 09:49:11 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2005-08-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Guerra, Dylan CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 151 06 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P273929.
Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry (No. P273929). (2005, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273929
Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273929 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	year = {2005},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273929},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273929},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/8/10/
PY  - 2005
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LB  - CDLI:P273929
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P273929
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 151 06 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P273929.
Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry (No. P273929). (2005, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273929
Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273929 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
@misc{2005Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273929},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273929},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/8/10/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P273929
LB  - CDLI:P273929
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - Orient 55, 151 06 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P273929
ER  -
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