MCS 3, 43 17 BM 105409 (P112659)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105409

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
1. 3(disz) {gi}gur zi3-da esir2 su-ub-ba
2. 4(u) {gi}kaskal 1(barig)-ta
3. 3(disz) {gi}kid
4. ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) sar
  calculation: 30 volume gin2 ÷ 3 = 10 volume gin2 per kid basket
5. 1(disz) gesz-ur3-ur3
reverse
1. e2-gu4-gaz-sze3
2. 6(disz) gi szer7-ru-um ki-la2-bi 2(disz) sar
  calculation: 2 volume sar ÷ 6 = 20 volume gin2 per szerrum basket
3. 2(u) 6(disz) {gi}pisan gid2-da tug2 en-en
4. e2-gal-la ku4?-ra
5. {d}utu-GIR2@g-gal szu ba-ti
6. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
7. kiszib3 i3-kal-la
8. sza3 bala-a
9. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
1. i3-kal-[la]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-sa6-[ga]

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MCS 3, 43 17 BM 105409

    [Fish1953MCS3] Fish, Thomas. 1953. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 3.

  • collation: Orient 17, p.19-48, p. 28

    [Gomi1981MCS] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Kollationen Zu Den von T. Fish in Manchester Cuneiform Studies Veröffentlichten Neusumerischen Texten in Grossbritannien, I.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 17: 19–48.

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  • Museum No.: BM 105409
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-04-17 at 13:10:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:32 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 002498.2 (composite) (P533430) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“MCS 3, 43 17 BM 105409 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112659.
MCS 3, 43 17 BM 105409 artifact entry (No. P112659). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112659 (Original work published 2001)
MCS 3, 43 17 BM 105409 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112659 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MCS 3, 43 17 {BM} 105409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112659},
}


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