STU 27 (P130453)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL Bedale 27

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

38.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. lugal-sipa-a-a-ta
3. iti min-esz3-ta
4. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-am3
5. ba-ra-zal [...]
reverse
1. ugula ur-ge6-par4
2. kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si
  blank space
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
seal 1
1. e2-[gal-e-si]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu lu2-[{d}szara2]
4. sa12-[du5-ka]

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
  • Measurements (mm): 38.0 high × 37.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • primary: STU, 27

    [Bedale1915STU] Bedale, Charles L. 1915. Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

  • collation: BAOM 3, p.37-40, p. 38

    [Gomi1981collations] Gomi, Tohru. 1981. “Collations to Charles L. Bedale, Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester 1915.” Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo 3: 37–40.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: JRL Bedale 27
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.07.13 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:49:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2020-06-09 at 02:10:20 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-03-27 at 01:58:31 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:49:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:43 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 002250 (composite) (P454960) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.07.00.00, Šū-Suen.07.00.00

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Cite this Artifact
“STU 27 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130453.
STU 27 artifact entry (No. P130453). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130453 (Original work published 2001)
STU 27 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130453 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).
@misc{2024STU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {STU 27 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130453},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130453},
}


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