Orient 55, 157 no. 2 (P424388)
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 20.1.21Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
27.0 mm × 33.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
en: 185 barley-fed sheep at 1 sila3 each,
2. udu bala-a
en: bala sheep,
3. sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
en: their barley: 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
calculation: 185 x 30 x 1 = 5550 = 18;2,3
4. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
en: via Lugalazida;
reverse
blank space
1. iti dal
en: month “Flight,”
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
en: year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.”
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
en: 185 barley-fed sheep at 1 sila3 each,
2. udu bala-a
en: bala sheep,
3. sze-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
en: their barley: 18 gur 2 barig 3 ban2,
calculation: 185 x 30 x 1 = 5550 = 18;2,3
4. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
en: via Lugalazida;
reverse
blank space
1. iti dal
en: month “Flight,”
2. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
en: year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.”
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): 27.0 high × 33.0 wide
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 157 no. 2
[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 20.1.21
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.05.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2011-10-25 at 09:54:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:14:59 | 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 (191553) (191553)
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Cite this Artifacts
“Orient 55, 157 No. 2 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424388.
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (No. P424388). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424388
Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424388 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 157 no. 2 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424388},
}
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