CM 26, 030 (P298025)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05089

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

83.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) gu4# niga
2. 2(gesz2) gu4 u2
3. 2(u) 3(disz) [...] ab2 mu 2(disz) niga
4. 1(disz) gu4 mu 1(disz) niga
5. 1(disz) eme6-mah2
6. 6(disz) udu niga mu-du-lum
7. 5(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu niga
8. 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu u2
9. 2(disz) u8 sila4 nu2-a [x]
10. 2(u) kir11 [x]
11. 6(gesz2) 1(disz) sila4
12. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) masz2
13. 2(u) 8(disz) ud5 masz2 [nu2]-a
reverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
2. 2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) [sze?] gur
  single ruling
3. sza3 bala-a
  single ruling
4. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P298025

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 83.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05089
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 072692
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008068
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5089

References

  • primary: CM 26, 30

    [Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 187, NBC 05089

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:40:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:35 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 030 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298025.
CM 26, 030 artifact entry (No. P298025). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298025 (Original work published 2006)
CM 26, 030 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298025 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CM 26, 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298025},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298025},
}


TY  - ELEC
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LB  - CDLI:P298025
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - CM 26, 030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298025
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 26, 030 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298025.
CM 26, 030 artifact entry (No. P298025). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298025 (Original work published 2006)
CM 26, 030 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298025 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CM 26, 030 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298025},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298025},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P298025
LB  - CDLI:P298025
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - CM 26, 030 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298025
ER  -
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