MS 2900/04 (P006212)

Lexical tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 2900/04

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (? + colophon)

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

38.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
broken
reverse
1. [...] X 1(N01)? , NI~a#? SANGA~a GAR AMA~a#?

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (? + colophon)
Language(s)	Undetermined

Chronology

Period	Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P006212
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P006212

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	38.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number	MS 2900/04
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P006212
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P006212

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:18:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-11-18 at 17:32:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:38	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:23	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2002-02-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MS 2900/04 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P006212.

MS 2900/04 artifact entry (No. P006212). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P006212 (Original work published 2002)

MS 2900/04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P006212 (Accessed: October 4, 2026).

@misc{2023MS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MS 2900/04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P006212},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P006212},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P006212
LB  - CDLI:P006212
M1  - 2026/10/4/
TI  - MS 2900/04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P006212
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MS 2900/04 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P006212.

MS 2900/04 artifact entry (No. P006212). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P006212 (Original work published 2002)

MS 2900/04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P006212 (Accessed: October 4, 2026).

@misc{2023MS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
	title = {MS 2900/04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P006212},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P006212},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/14/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P006212
LB  - CDLI:P006212
M1  - 2026/10/4/
TI  - MS 2900/04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P006212
ER  -