CUSAS 03, 1467 (P318897)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019484

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Dried fish for the physician Íu-kabda going to Zabalam (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) ku6-sze6 gur
2. szu-kab-ta2 a-zu
3. 1(asz) gur
4. zabala3{ki}-sze3
reverse
1. giri3 ur-ab-ba
  blank space
2. mu ma2-dara3 abzu ba-du8

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Dried fish for the physician Íu-kabda going to Zabalam (CBT 2))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P318897

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 019484
Accession Number 1895-10-14, 0132

References

  • primary: CUSAS 3, 1467

    [Owen2007CUSAS3] Owen, David I., and Rudolf H. Mayr. 2007. The Garšana Archives. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: CBT 2, BM 019484 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:51:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:40:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:50 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 03, 1467 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318897.
CUSAS 03, 1467 artifact entry (No. P318897). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318897 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 03, 1467 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318897 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318897},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CUSAS 03, 1467 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P318897.
CUSAS 03, 1467 artifact entry (No. P318897). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P318897 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 03, 1467 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P318897 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CUSAS 03, 1467 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P318897},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P318897},
}

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M1  - 2026/5/3/
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