Ontario 2, 495 (P209382)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum Collection(s)

Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

ROM 967.287.016

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) sa gi SZID
2. {gi}kid du
3. he2-na-an-szum2-mu
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
column 1
1. [...]
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. [...]
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu

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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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  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:

    seal identified by Mayr, SITU p. 403

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Ontario 2, 495

    [Sigrist2004Ontario2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2004. Neo-Sumerian Texts from the Royal Ontario Museum. II: Administrative Texts Mainly from Umma. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: ROM 967.287.016
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-08-23 at 08:56:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-21 at 17:07:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-10 at 15:50:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:37:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:48 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006150.3 (composite) (P534135) - -

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CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Ontario 2, 495 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209382.
Ontario 2, 495 artifact entry (No. P209382). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209382
Ontario 2, 495 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209382 (Accessed: March 11, 2025).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-11]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 495 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209382},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209382},
}


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PY  - 2002
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TI  - Ontario 2, 495 artifact entry
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