CMNH 30498-50 (P514379)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CMNH 30498-50

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)-ra
 en: To Lugal-ušur
2. u3-na-a-du11
 en: speak:
3. 1(u) sze gur sze nag-sze3
 en: 10 gur of barley for ...,
4. na-silim dub-[sar]
 en: to Nasilim, the scribe,
reverse
1. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
 en: may he give!
2. na-mi-gur-re
 en: May he not delay!

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P514379

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) Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CMNH 30498-50
Accession Number

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-09-03 at 12:38:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-08-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Owen, David I. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CMNH 30498-50 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P514379.
CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry (No. P514379). (2019, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P514379
CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P514379 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P514379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P514379},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/8/20/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P514379
LB  - CDLI:P514379
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P514379
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CMNH 30498-50 Artifact Entry.” 2019. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2019. https://cdli.earth/P514379.
CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry (No. P514379). (2019, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P514379
CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry (2019) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P514379 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2019CMNH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2019},
	month = {aug 20},
	title = {CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P514379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P514379},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2019/8/20/
PY  - 2019
ID  - P514379
LB  - CDLI:P514379
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - CMNH 30498-50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P514379
ER  -
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