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, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

WCMA 93.1.109b

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

46.0 mm × 44.0 mm

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P424400

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 46.0 mm × 44.0 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 93.1.109b
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 191560

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-06-13 at 03:04:58 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-10-09 at 15:16:07 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, 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: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424400},
}


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DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
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LB  - CDLI:P424400
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry
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ER  -

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: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2011Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424400},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/7/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424400
LB  - CDLI:P424400
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - Orient 55, 157-158 no. 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424400
ER  -
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