Orient 55, 162 no. 8 (P424374)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 20.1.07

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

82.0 mm × 49.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz)# 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ba gur
 en: 1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2, ration barley,
2. kiszib3 a-du-mu#
 en: under seal of Adumu;
3. 2(asz) 4(barig) sze-ba gur kiszib3 lu2-[...]
 en: 2 gur 4 barig, ration barley, under seal of Lu-...,
  blank space
4. 5(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze-ba gur ki {d}szara2-kam
 en: 5 gur 2 barig 2 ban2? ration barley with Šara-kam
5. 1(barig) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da dumu nam-[tur]
 en: 1 barig, Ur-Dumuzida, son of Namtur
6. 6(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur ur-ga2
 en: 6 gur 3 ban2 5 sila3, Urga
  blank space
  notepad numbers 7(asz) 2(barig)? 3(u) 5(disz)
reverse
  blank space
  notepad number 3(barig)
  erasures
1. ki-su7 du6-gub3-temen-na-ta
 en: from the threshing floor Dugubtemena;
2. iti diri
 en: month: “Extra,”
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, the king, Great-stele 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/P424374

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 82.0 mm × 49.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number WCMA 20.1.07
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191543

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 162 no. 8

    [Liu2020Williams] Liu, Changyu. 2020. “The Neo-Sumerian Texts in the Williams College Museum of Art.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 155–72.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-12 at 08:01:38 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2018-09-03 at 09:01:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2018-09-03 at 08:59:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2018-09-03 at 08:47:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:09:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-01-14 at 17:13:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-01-14 at 17:12:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-01-14 at 17:11:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-15 at 08:43:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:14:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Freedman, Sally M. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 162 No. 8 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424374.
Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry (No. P424374). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424374
Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424374 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424374},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424374},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424374
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 162 No. 8 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424374.
Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry (No. P424374). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424374
Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424374 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424374},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424374},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424374
LB  - CDLI:P424374
M1  - 2026/4/27/
TI  - Orient 55, 162 no. 8 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424374
ER  -
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