AAICAB 1/1, pl. 041, 1911-237a-b (P142747)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1911-0237

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u)# ma-na siki-gi#
2. mu# sza-asz-szu2-ru{ki} ba#-hul#
3. 3(asz) [gu2] 3(u)# 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) 4(disz)# 1/3(disz)# gin2 siki-gi
4. mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul
  blank space
5. szunigin 3(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 siki-gi
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
8. siki-bi 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
9. kiszib3 ur-{d}nun-gal
10. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul
reverse
1. 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. siki-bi 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na
3. giri3 ur-lugal
4. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
5. siki-bi 2(asz) gu2 4(u) ma-na
6. sa10-am3 dam dumu lu2-sa6-ga 3(disz)-a-ba
7. giri3 {d}szara2-i3-zu
8. kiszib3 gu-du-du
9. mu en [...] unu#{ki} masz2-e [ba]-pa3
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10. szunigin 3(asz)# [gu2 4(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na] siki#-gi
11. zi#-[ga]
12. diri# [1(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2]
13. [...] x
14. [...] x [...]
15. [...]
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. nig2-ka9-ak si-i3-tum
2'. lu2-sa6-ga dumu ur-ki-ag2-mu
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. sza13-dub-ba-ka
5. ARAD2-zu
seal 2
1. in-ta-e3-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-sa6-ga

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AAICAB 1/1, pl. 041, 1911-237a-b

    [Gregoire1996AAICAB1/1] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1996. Vol. 1/1. Archives Administratives et Inscriptions Cunéiformes: Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Collection, Oxford. Paris : Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

  • history: Ashm seal cat. I, 0439

    [Buchanan1966catalogue1] Buchanan, Briggs. 1966. Cylinder Seals. Vol. 1. Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: Babyloniaca 06 (pp. 41-53), 41-43 text A

    [Langdon1912Sinitum] Langdon, Stephen H. 1912. “The Sumerian Expression Sinitum. Capital Balance Carried Forward.” Babyloniaca 6: 41–53.

  • history: NABU 2005/074

    [Wilcke2005NABU74] Wilcke, Claus. 2005. “The Iiability of Superiors for Deficits of Their Subordinates.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, 2005, , no. 3.

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1911-0237
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00, Šulgi.44.00.00, Šū-Suen.07.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-24 at 09:02:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-24 at 09:00:29 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-24 at 08:59:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-15 at 13:32:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 14:59:24 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 14:33:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:28:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:21:49 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:41:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-23 at 09:12:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-23 at 09:11:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:24:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:14:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-06-28 at 21:36:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-06-28 at 21:35:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-08 at 21:19:41 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:07:34 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002563 (composite) (P455273) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 006055 (composite) (P458765) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“AAICAB 1/1, Pl. 041, 1911-237a-b Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142747.
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 041, 1911-237a-b artifact entry (No. P142747). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142747 (Original work published 2001)
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 041, 1911-237a-b artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142747 (Accessed: March 22, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142747},
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