CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 (P416403)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

E29123

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

31.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze-ba za3-mu
 en: 2 barig, barley ration of the new year,
2. e2-kikken-ta
 en: from the milling house,
3. ad-da-mu <nu>-{gesz}kiri6#
 en: Addamu, the gardener,
4. szu ba-ti
 en: received
5. ki lugal-ukken-ne2
 en: at the place of Lugal-ukkene;
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
 en: month: “Festival of Šulgi,”
2. mu ki-masz{ki} [ba]-hul
 en: year: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P416403

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 31.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number E29123
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191622

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2014-03-10 at 18:55:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2012-07-18 at 08:54:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-09-25 at 14:39:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-03-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ouyang, Xiaoli CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P416403.
CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 artifact entry (No. P416403). (2011, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416403
CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416403 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416403},
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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P416403.
CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 artifact entry (No. P416403). (2011, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416403
CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416403 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {CDLJ 2012/1 \textsection{}3.06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P416403},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416403},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/3/10/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P416403
LB  - CDLI:P416403
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - CDLJ 2012/1 §3.06 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P416403
ER  -
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