Fs Owen 213, 09 (P375930)

Legal 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 111052

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

73.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 16.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. du-gu-da-ga
2. geme2-gu ama#-ni#-da di in-da-du11
3. 1(disz) ab2-mah2 geme2-gu2-edin-na mu-bi-im
4. 1(disz) sag-nita2# szu#-na mu-ni-im
5. 1(disz) sag#-munus ma-tu mu-ni-im
6. 1(disz) geme2#-gu dam-mu ma-an-ba bi2-in-du11
7. ur-e2-an-na
8. lugal-ezem
9. lugal-ni2-zu
10. szesz-kal-la
11. lu2# ki inim-ma-me
12. sza3-bi-ta
reverse
1. ur-e2-an-na-ke4
2. nam-erim2-bi u3-un-ku5
3. geme2-gu gu4 u3 sag szu-na ba-ab-gi4-gi4
4. 1(disz) a-za-a ha-za-num2
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-su dam-gar3
6. 1(disz) a-ab-ba
7. 1(disz) lugal-hi-li ugula
8. 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu dumu ha-ba-lu5-ge2
  blank space
9. lu2 ki#-ba# gub#-[ba]-me#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 73.0 high × 50.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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  • primary: Fs Owen p.201-217, p. 213, 9

    [Molina2010court] Molina, Manuel. 2010. “Court Records from Umma.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 201–17. Bethesda: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 111052
  • Accession No.: 1914-04-04, 1118

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-01-24 at 10:56:17 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2013-08-17 at 12:48:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-07-16 at 15:05:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:07:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 213, 09 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375930.
Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry (No. P375930). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375930 (Original work published 2007)
Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375930 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
@misc{2023Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 213, 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375930},
}


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TI  - Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Owen 213, 09 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P375930.
Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry (No. P375930). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P375930 (Original work published 2007)
Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P375930 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Fs {Owen} 213, 09 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P375930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P375930},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P375930
LB  - CDLI:P375930
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - Fs Owen 213, 09 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P375930
ER  -
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