Buffalo SNS.11-2, 149 15 (P107417)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA

Museum Number

BSNS C05170

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
5. 3(disz) ha-zi-in uruda
6. nibru{ki}-sze3
7. ki a-kal-la-ta
8. lugal-ezem
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti dal
3. mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 3(disz) {uruda}ha-zi-in
  seal impression
2. ki a-kal-la#-ta
3. lugal-ezem
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti dal
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu a-[ra2 3(disz)-kam si]-mu-ru-um [ba]-hul# mu us2-bi
seal 1
1. lugal-ezem
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu lugal-e2-[mah-e]
4. szabra#

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Buffalo SNS 11/2, 149 15

    [Hussey1915Buffalo] Hussey, Mary I. 1915. “Babylonian Tablets in the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,” Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 11 (2).

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  • Museum No.: BSNS C05170
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.33.05.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-29 at 19:09:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2013-06-20 at 10:45:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:55:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:35 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003446 (composite) (P456156) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.28.06.00, Šulgi.33.08.00

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Cite this Artifact
“Buffalo SNS.11-2, 149 15 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107417.
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 149 15 artifact entry (No. P107417). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107417 (Original work published 2001)
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 149 15 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107417 (Accessed: March 31, 2025).
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