Orient 55, 159 no. 5 (P424401)
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 93.1.109cPeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
60.0 mm × 47.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(disz) e2-ki
en: 1 Eki,
2. iti dal-ta
en: from the month “Flight,”
3. 1(disz) lugal#-da5-ba-an
en: 1 Lugaldaban,
4. iti szu-numun-na-ta
en: from the month “Seeding,”
5. 1(disz) ARAD2-hul3-la
en: 1 ARADhulla,
6. iti e2-iti-6(disz)-ta
en: from the month “House-month-6,”
reverse
1. ri-ri-ga
en: fallen;
2. ugula ba-sa6
en: overseer: Basa;
3. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
en: official seal of
4. ur-am3-ma
en: Uramma;
seal impression
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
en: year: “the en-priest of Eridu was installed.”
seal 1
1. ur-am3-ma
en: Uramma,
2. dub-sar
en: scribe,
3. dumu na-silim
en: son of Nasilim.
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): 60.0 high × 47.0 wide
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 159 no. 5
[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 93.1.109c
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.05.00, Amar-Suen.08.06.00, Amar-Suen.08.08.00
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- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.08.05.00 to Amar-Suen.08.08.00
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2020-06-13 at 03:06:46 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-10-25 at 10:12:56 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:15:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | 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 (191561) (191561)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 004358 (composite) (P457068) | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2011Orient,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 159 no. 5 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424401},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424401},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2011/10/7/ PY - 2011 ID - P424401 LB - CDLI:P424401 M1 - 2026/1/20/ TI - Orient 55, 159 no. 5 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P424401 ER -