Orient 55, 165 no. 12 (P424389)

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 20.1.22

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

19.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) masz2
 en: 1 goat
2. lugal-a2-zi-da szusz3
 en: from Lugalazida.
  blank space
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P424389

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 19.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number WCMA 20.1.22
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191554

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 165 no. 12

    [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
2020-06-13 at 02:43:26 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:15:00 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, 165 No. 12 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424389.
Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry (No. P424389). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424389
Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424389 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424389},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424389},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 165 No. 12 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424389.
Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry (No. P424389). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424389
Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424389 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424389},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424389},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424389
LB  - CDLI:P424389
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - Orient 55, 165 no. 12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424389
ER  - 
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