CDLN 2015/006 (P469800)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Russell Library, Maynooth University & St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Museum Collection(s)

Russell Library, Maynooth University & St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Museum Number

RLM 4I

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ur-ge6-par4
 en: One Ur-gepar
2. lugal-ra gaba i3-in-ri
 en: the king confronted (and)
3. ama-gi-na nin9-gu10 geme2-ni# nu
 en: “Amagina, my sister, his slave-girl not being,
4. ensi2-ke4 in-hul# bi2-in-du11
 en: the governor treated her badly” stated;
5. ($ blank space $) sze3
 en: ...
  erased igi nam geme2 ni
6. ama-gi-na nam-geme2-sze3 ba-gi-in
 en: Amagina’s status as slave-girl was confirmed,
7. u3# ga-za-mu ama-ni [nam]-geme2#-sze3 ba-gi-in
 en: and Gazamu, her mother’s status as slave-girl was confirmed.
8. [x x]-ni#-sze3
 en: to ...
9. [...] ISZ#
 en: ...
10. [...] ak#
 en: ...
11. [...]
 en: ...
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P469800

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

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 194561

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-04-03 at 17:27:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View
2014-09-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLN 2015/006 Artifact Entry.” 2014. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2014. https://cdli.earth/P469800.
CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry (No. P469800). (2014, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469800
CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry (2014) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469800 (Accessed: August 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-19]},
	year = {2014},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469800},
}

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DA  - 2014/9/2/
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LB  - CDLI:P469800
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLN 2015/006 Artifact Entry.” 2014. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2014. https://cdli.earth/P469800.
CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry (No. P469800). (2014, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469800
CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry (2014) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469800 (Accessed: August 19, 2026).
@misc{2014CDLN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-19]},
	year = {2014},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469800},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469800},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2014/9/2/
PY  - 2014
ID  - P469800
LB  - CDLI:P469800
M1  - 2026/8/19/
TI  - CDLN 2015/006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P469800
ER  - 
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