CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 (P384803)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Museum Number

FSU 04

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

54.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 u2# [...]
 en: 1 u garment ...,
2. hi-li2? [dumu ...]
 en: Ḫili, son of ...,
3. ki ur#-[...]
 en: from Ur-...;
4. 1(disz) tug2 u2 ge6# [...]
 en: 1 black u garment ...,
5. a-du-du [dumu ...]
 en: Adudu, son of ...,
6. ki ur-saga-[ta]
 en: from Ursag;
7. 1(disz) tug2 u2# [...]
 en: 1 u garment ...,
8. {d}szara2-x-[...]
 en: Šara-...,
reverse
1. dumu igi#?-ni-da-[a] ad-kup4#
 en: son of Igi-nida’a, the basket weaver,
2. ki ARAD2 ugula-ta
 en: from ARAD the foreman;
3. 1(disz) tug2 u2 ge6 kal nu-banda3{da} dumu sza3-ku3-ge dumu zu-u2-za-ni nig2-ba
 en: 1 fine black u garment, Nubanda, son of Šakuge, son of Zuzani: ration.
  nig2-ba later addition?
4. 1(disz) tug2 u2 kal giri3-ni#-i3-dab5
 en: 1 fine u garment, Girini-idab,
5. dumu a-hu-ni
 en: son of Aḫuni,
6. tukul-e dab5-ba-a
 en: under armed guard;
7. tug2-ba sza3 en-nu-[ga2]
 en: clothing ration in the prison
8. u3 NI [...]
 en: and ...;
9. mu us2-sa [{d}szu-{d}suen lugal] bad3 mar-[tu mu-du3]
 en: year after: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P384803

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 54.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 172772

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-08 at 14:21:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:09:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:58:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2014-03-08 at 17:42:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 15:05:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-28 at 17:19:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-07 at 17:22:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-06 at 17:16:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Robson, Eleanor CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P384803.
CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 artifact entry (No. P384803). (2024, June 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384803 (Original work published 2008)
CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384803 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P384803},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P384803},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P384803.
CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 artifact entry (No. P384803). (2024, June 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384803 (Original work published 2008)
CDLJ 2009/2 §2.7 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384803 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 8},
	title = {CDLJ 2009/2 \textsection{}2.7 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P384803},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P384803},
}

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