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Sumer 55, 056 06 (P469545)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 163347

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

48.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) kusz gu4
2. 3(disz) kusz amar gu4
3. 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na sze-gin2
4. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) [sa]
reverse
1. ki a-a-[kal-la-ta]
2. kiszib3 lu2-[{d}szara2]
blank space
seal impression
3. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu da-da-ga

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)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 45.0 wide × 15.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Sumer 55 (pp. 45-86), 056 06

[al-Mutawalli2010Sumer55] Mutawalli, Nawala Ahmed al-. 2010. “Administrative Cuneiform Texts from Umma in the Iraq Museum. Excavation of Shara Temple.” Sumer 55: 45–86.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 163347
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: Um. 0805
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 09:55:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2017-08-24 at 12:01:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2016-11-13 at 11:07:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2016-11-07 at 02:44:03	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2016-11-05 at 09:57:15	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2014-09-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (192151) (192151)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003260 (composite) (P455970)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 55, 056 06 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P469545.

Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry (No. P469545). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469545 (Original work published 2014)

Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469545 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469545},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469545},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 55, 056 06 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P469545.

Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry (No. P469545). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469545 (Original work published 2014)

Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469545 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Sumer 55, 056 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469545},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469545},
}

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