ArOr 87, 033-057 12 (P465821)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA

Museum Collection(s)

San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA

Museum Number

SDMM 10103

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. sza3-gu4 gu2-edin-na
2'. 3(asz) dingir-ga2-i3-sa6
3'. 3(asz) ur-{d}nin-tu
4'. 3(asz) la-za-ka5-a
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
  blank space
3. [...] uru
4. [...]-gin7-me
5. [...] u4-a
6. [...]-am3#
7. [...] ha-ma-gal2
8. [...] unu{ki}
  blank space
9. ugula [...]
10. 3(asz) [...]
11. 3(asz) ARAD2-[...]
12. ma2-lah5-[me?]
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. 3(asz) {d}ni-zu-ul
2'. 3(asz) er3-e-eb
3'. 2(asz) 2(barig) en-ku
4'. 3(asz) ug3-sa6-ga
5'. a-sza3 ur-{gesz}ha-lu-ub2
  blank space
6'. lu2 didli-me
7'. ti-e2-mah-ta
8'. 2(asz) 2(barig) ur-{d}utu
9'. {d}szara2-ba-zi-ge
10'. 3(asz) {d}szara2-bi2-du11
  blank space
11'. gab2#-us2-me
12'. 2(asz) 2(barig) gu-zi-[x]-ta
column 4
1. [...]
  blank space
2. 2(asz) 2(barig) e2-[x]
3. 3(asz) a-ba-ki-ni
4. 3(asz) nam-lugal-[i3]-du10
5. 3(asz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
6. 3(asz) ur-{d}iszkur
  blank space
7. [...] a-ra2 [...]
  rest broken
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. ad-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(asz) [...]
2'. [...]
3'. [...]
4'. 3(asz) [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x
4'. [...]
5'. [...] x
6'. 3(asz) ag-in-mu
7'. 2(asz) 2(barig) lu2-{d}inanna nu-[banda3]
8'. 2(asz) 2(barig) ma2-gur8-[re]
9'. [...]-{d}szul-pa-[e3]
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]-na [x]
3. [x]-x-ma-am3
4. za-a-za
5. 2(asz) 2(barig) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
  blank space
6. lu2 didli-me
7. [x] {d}utu-bi2-[...]
8. [...]
  rest broken
column 4
  blank space
  rest broken
column 5
  blank space
1. [szunigin] 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) [...]
2. [...] du
3. [...] x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P465821

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA
Museum Number SDMM 10103
Accession Number 1929.008.0004

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 196140

References

  • primary: ArOr 87 (pp. 33-57), 12

    [Liu2019ArOr87] Liu, Changyu. 2019. “An Edition of Twelve Ur III Administrative Cuneiform Tablets from United States Collections.” Archiv Orientální 87: 33–57.

    Barley for various individuals

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-02 at 09:50:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2020-02-21 at 12:25:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-06-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ArOr 87, 033-057 12 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P465821.
ArOr 87, 033-057 12 artifact entry (No. P465821). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P465821 (Original work published 2014)
ArOr 87, 033-057 12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P465821 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“ArOr 87, 033-057 12 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P465821.
ArOr 87, 033-057 12 artifact entry (No. P465821). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P465821 (Original work published 2014)
ArOr 87, 033-057 12 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P465821 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P465821},
}


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