Orient 55, 163 no. 9 (P424376)

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 20.1.09

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

52.0 mm × 58.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 uruda
2. ki lu2-kal-la-ta
3. ugu2 gu-du-du ba-a-gar
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}nun-gal
  seal impression
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. pisan-dub-ba-ka
5. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P424376

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 58.0 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 20.1.09
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191544

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 163 no. 9

    [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 08:05:56 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:57:09 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-10-25 at 10:16:35 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, 163 No. 9 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424376.
Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry (No. P424376). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424376
Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424376 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424376},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424376
LB  - CDLI:P424376
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424376
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 163 No. 9 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424376.
Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry (No. P424376). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424376
Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424376 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424376},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424376
LB  - CDLI:P424376
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - Orient 55, 163 no. 9 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424376
ER  - 
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