Ontario 2, 279 (P209835)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 950.157.190 & ROM 950.157.191

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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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze ur5 gur lugal
2. sze sze ki-ba se-ge4
3. guru7 a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra
4. ki ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2 umma{ki}-ta
reverse
1. lugal-he2-gal2 gu-za-la2
2. szu ba-ti
3. kiszib3 ur-e2-gu-la dumu-na
4. iti pa5-u2-e
  some text moved to next line
5. mu en-unu6-gal an-na {d}inanna ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) sze# ur5#-ra gur lugal
2. sze sze ki-ba# se#-ge4#
3. guru7 a-sza3 {d#}nin#-ur4#-ra
4. ki ur-{d#}li9#-si4 ensi2# umma#{ki}-ta
reverse
1. lugal-he2-gal2 gu-za-la2
2. szu ba-ti
3. kiszib3 ur-e2-gu-la dumu-na
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti pa5-u2-e
  some text moved to next line
5. mu en-unu6-gal an-na {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. ur-e2-gu-la
2. ARAD2 {d}[...]
3. aga3-us2 a-a-kal-la

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Ontario 2, 279

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: ROM 950.157.190 & ROM 950.157.191
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.11.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-07-29 at 17:21:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-11 at 20:27:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:38:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:02 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 004442 (composite) (P457152) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Ontario 2, 279 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2002. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209835.
Ontario 2, 279 artifact entry (No. P209835). (2002, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209835
Ontario 2, 279 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209835 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
@misc{2002Ontario,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-20]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {Ontario 2, 279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209835},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P209835},
}


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