NYPL 075 (P122611)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

NYPLC 149

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
column 1
  blank space
column 2
  blank space
1. sag-nig2-gur11-ra#-[kam]
2. sza3-bi-ta#
3. 7(gesz2) 3(u) ku6 kun-zi saga
4. 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) ku6 kun-zi du
5. 2(gesz'u) ku6 kun-zi suhur{ku6}
6. 6(szar2) 2(gesz'u) ku6 sza3-[bar]
  blank space
7. e2-gal-la kux(KWU147)-ra
8.5(szar2)# ku6 sag-kur2 ku6 sza3-bar
9. kasz# nig2 gub-ba-da ga2-ra
column 3
1. 3(gesz2)# [...]
2. 2(gesz2) 5(u) ku6 gir2#?-[us2]
3. {gi}kaskal nig2 szu ur3-ra-da ga2-[ra]
4. kasz-de2-a
5. 4(u) 7(disz) suhur#{ku6} duru5
6. 5(u) 5(disz) ku6 kun-zi saga
7. 9(gesz2) ku6 kun#-[zi du]
8. 8(gesz2) ku6# [...]
9. [n] 2(u) x [...]
10. nig2 e2-[...] de2-a [...]
11. 4(u) ku6 [...]
12. 3(u) [...]
13. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) [...]
14. 4(gesz'u)# 6(gesz2) [...]
15. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) ku6# [...]
16. 2(asz) 4(barig) ku6-sze6#
17. zi-ga-[am3]
18. kiszib3-bi 6(disz)-am3#
19. kiszib3 ensi2
20. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ku6# [...]
21. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-[...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 8(asz)# [...]
2'. gesz# [...]
3'. kiszib3 [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(gesz'u) [n ...]
2. szunigin 2(gesz'u) [n ...]
3. szunigin 2(szar2) [n ...]
  n lines broken
  blank space
4'. zi-ga-am3
column 3
  blank space
  n lines broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] ku6
3'. [x]-{d}utu?-ka
4'. [mu] en-unu6-[gal] {d}inanna ba-hun
  blank space

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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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NYPLC 149
  • Accession No.: Eames E34

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2017-03-03 at 09:55:00 Englund, Robert K. CDLI CDLI approved
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2012-08-14 at 08:54:56 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2012-08-13 at 17:50:30 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2011-07-22 at 13:50:27 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:20 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2007-01-10 at 17:09:31 Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:32 CDLI CDLI CDLI approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Santoïemma, Loïc; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Aupperle, Eric; Freedman, Sally M.; Lafont, Bertrand; Guidi, Carlo; Hilgert, Markus; Molina, Manuel; Heinle, Michael; Jones, Jillian; Dahl, Jacob L.; Cripps, Eric L.; Guerra, Dylan; Ajango, Kelsey M.; Reid, Nicholas; Galador, Louis; Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved

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Cite this Artifact

“NYPL 075 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122611.

NYPL 075 artifact entry (No. P122611). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122611

NYPL 075 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122611 (Accessed: February 4, 2023).

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  • note = {[Online; accessed 2023-02-04]},
  • year = {2001},
  • month = {dec 20},
  • title = {NYPL 075 artifact entry},
  • howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122611},
}

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