Orient 55, 164 no. 11 (P424377)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
WCMA 20.1.10Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
40.0 mm × 43.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu
en: 1 sheep
2. siskur2 ki-su7 a-sza3 GAN2-mah
en: for the threshing-floor sacrifice of the field GAN-maḫ,
3. ki ur-{d}hal-mu-sza4-ta
en: from Ur-Ḫalmuša,
reverse
1. kiszib3 lu2-[{d}ha]-ia3
en: under seal of Lu-Ḫaya;
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seal impression
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du8
en: year: “Šu-Suen the king built the great-barge for Enlil and Ninlil.”
sic du8, “caulked”
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}ha-ia3#
en: Lu-Ḫaya,
2. dub-sar
en: scribe,
3. dumu ur-e11-e szusz3
en: son of Ur-e’e, cattle manager.
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 43.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 164 no. 11
[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.
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- Museum No.: WCMA 20.1.10
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2020-06-12 at 08:09:44 | Lafont, Bertrand | Transliteration | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2014-01-14 at 17:34:41 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-06-17 at 14:55:39 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-25 at 08:53:36 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:14:51 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Freedman, Sally M. | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (191545) (191545)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 003102 (composite) (P455812) | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) | Amar-Suen.06.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.10.00 |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2011Orient,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424377},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2011/10/7/ PY - 2011 ID - P424377 LB - CDLI:P424377 M1 - 2026/3/12/ TI - Orient 55, 164 no. 11 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P424377 ER -