Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 (P424400)
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 93.1.109bPeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
46.0 mm × 44.0 mm
tablet
obverse
1. [...] sze zi3-gu gur
2. ma2-a si-ga nibru{ki}-sze3
3. kiszib3 da-da
4. 3(barig) sze szuku-ra lu2-bala-saga
5. kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-banda3
6. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur# bar-ta gal2-la
7. kiszib3 sza-lim-be-li2
blank space
reverse
1. sze gibil
2. 1(u) 1(asz) sze sumun gur
3. sa2-du11 {d}pa-bil3-sag
4. kiszib3 ur-sa6-sa6-ga
5. guru7 i7 sal4-la#{ki}-ta
6. giri3 u3-ma-ni#
7. u3? {d}szara2#?-ba-zi-ge
8. iti {d}li9-si4
9. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
obverse
1. [...] sze zi3-gu gur
2. ma2-a si-ga nibru{ki}-sze3
3. kiszib3 da-da
4. 3(barig) sze szuku-ra lu2-bala-saga
5. kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-banda3
6. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur# bar-ta gal2-la
7. kiszib3 sza-lim-be-li2
blank space
reverse
1. sze gibil
2. 1(u) 1(asz) sze sumun gur
3. sa2-du11 {d}pa-bil3-sag
4. kiszib3 ur-sa6-sa6-ga
5. guru7 i7 sal4-la#{ki}-ta
6. giri3 u3-ma-ni#
7. u3? {d}szara2#?-ba-zi-ge
8. iti {d}li9-si4
9. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
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): 46.0 high × 44.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 157-158 no. 3
[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 93.1.109b
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.09.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2020-06-13 at 03:04:58 | Lafont, Bertrand | Transliteration | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-09 at 15:16:07 | 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 (191560) (191560)
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Cite this Artifacts
“Orient 55, 157-158 No. 3 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424400.
Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry (No. P424400). (2011, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424400
Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424400 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
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howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424400},
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