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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
WCMA 20.1.23Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
29.0 mm × 31.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
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.
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): 29.0 high × 31.0 wide
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 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.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: WCMA 20.1.23
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2020-06-13 at 02:46:23 | Lafont, Bertrand | Transliteration | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2014-01-15 at 07:27:01 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:15:01 | 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 (191555) (191555)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 000401 (composite) (P430497) | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2011Orient,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 166 no. 13 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424390},
}
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