Orient 55, 164 no. 10 (P424385)
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 20.1.18Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
37.0 mm × 37.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
en: 1/3 mina silver
2. la2-ia3 su-ga nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4-ne
en: replaced deficit of the gardeners,
3. ki {d}szara2-kam-ta
en: from Šarakam
4. gu-du-du
en: Gududu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
en: has received;
blank space
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
en: year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the country of Zabšali.”
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
en: 1/3 mina silver
2. la2-ia3 su-ga nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4-ne
en: replaced deficit of the gardeners,
3. ki {d}szara2-kam-ta
en: from Šarakam
4. gu-du-du
en: Gududu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
en: has received;
blank space
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
en: year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, destroyed the country of Zabšali.”
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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): 37.0 high × 37.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 164 no. 10
[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 20.1.18
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2014-01-14 at 17:40:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:14:56 | 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 (191550) (191550)
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Cite this Artifacts
“Orient 55, 164 No. 10 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424385.
Orient 55, 164 no. 10 artifact entry (No. P424385). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424385
Orient 55, 164 no. 10 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424385 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 164 no. 10 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424385},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424385},
}
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