JCS 31, 236 05 (P112113)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Museum Number

Dartmouth 23-1-7186

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

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [a2 erin2]-na#-bi u4 n-[kam]
2'. [n] GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra [a-ra2] 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku)-[ta]
3'. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 5(u) 4(disz)-kam
4'. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz)
5'. a2 erin2-na-bi u4 2(u)-kam
6'. 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a
7'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)-kam
8'. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta#
9'. a2-bi u4 3(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
10'. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) sar u2 haszhur mangaga 1(u) sar-ta
11'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
12'. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar u2-{gesz}haszhur mangaga-ra 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
13'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
14'. 8(gesz2) sar u2-{gesz}haszhur mangaga-ra 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
15'. a2-bi u4 3(u) 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 3(gesz2) 2(disz) sar al 7(disz) sar
2. a2-bi u4 2(u) 7(disz)!-kam
3. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
5. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) sar {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta#
6. a2#-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz)-kam
7. 1(gesz'u) 3(u) sar {gesz}dih3 ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
8. a2#-bi u4 4(u) 2(disz)-kam
9. [n] gurusz gi kesz2-ra2
10. [a2] lu2# hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta
11. [n] 5(disz) gurusz sza3#-gu4# u3? du
12. [...] gi x ak [...]
13. a? gurusz#-bi na x [...] lu2#
14. x x [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. ur-am3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-na?

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JCS 31 (pp. 232- 246), 236 05

    [Foster1979JCS31] Foster, Benjamin R. 1979. “Texts and Fragments.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 31 (4): 232–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359753.

  • history: Orient 55, p.117-154, p. 141 14

    [Widell2020Hood] Widell, Magnus. 2020. “Ur III Economy and Bureaucracy. The Neo-Sumerian Cuneiform Tablets in the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (I).” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 117–54.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Dartmouth 23-1-7186
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-19 at 18:48:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2016-01-05 at 12:43:21 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:22 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“JCS 31, 236 05 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112113.
JCS 31, 236 05 artifact entry (No. P112113). (2024, June 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112113 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 31, 236 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112113 (Accessed: March 18, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 19},
	title = {JCS 31, 236 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112113},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112113},
}

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