Orient 55, 156 no. 1 (P424393)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 20.1.26

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

35.0 mm × 31.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) {uruda}[ha]-zi#-in
 en: 1 hazin tool,
2. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2
 en: its weight: 1 mina 2 shekels—
3. ki ur-saga-ta
 en: from Ursaga
reverse
1. la-a-mu
 en: Lamu
2. szu ba-ti
 en: received;
3. iti sig4-u3-szub-ba-ga2-ra#
 en: month: “Bricks placed in molds,”
4. mu# [dumu-munus] lugal# ensi2# [an]-sza#-na ba-an-tuku
 en: year: “the governor of Anšan took the king's daughter into marriage”

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 31.0 wide
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  • primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 156 no. 1

    [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 20.1.26
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-05-01 at 16:31:38 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2020-06-13 at 02:58:20 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2014-11-28 at 09:52:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-01-14 at 17:57:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-10-08 at 11:15:04 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 156 No. 1 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424393.
Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry (No. P424393). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424393
Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424393 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424393},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424393},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424393
LB  - CDLI:P424393
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424393
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Orient 55, 156 No. 1 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424393.
Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry (No. P424393). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424393
Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424393 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424393},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424393},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424393
LB  - CDLI:P424393
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - Orient 55, 156 no. 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424393
ER  -
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