Orient 55, 166 no. 13 (P424390)

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 20.1.23

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

29.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) dug dida saga
 en: 5 jugs of good dida-beer,
2. 3(disz) dug dida du
 en: 5 jugs of common dida-beer,
3. kiszib3 u3-ma-ni#
 en: under seal of Umani,
4. sza3 bala
 en: part of the bala.
reverse
  seal impression
seal 1
1. u3-ma-ni
 en: Umani,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu nam-ha-ni
 en: son of Namhani.

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/P424390

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 29.0 mm × 31.0 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 20.1.23
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191555

References

  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 166 no. 13

    [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 02:46:23 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2014-01-15 at 07:27:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:15:01 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, 166 No. 13 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424390.
Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry (No. P424390). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424390
Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424390 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
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LB  - CDLI:P424390
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424390
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 166 No. 13 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424390.
Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry (No. P424390). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424390
Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424390 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424390
LB  - CDLI:P424390
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424390
ER  - 
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