SM 1948.05.008 (P408048)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1948.05.008

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of a quantity of ni.gal (?) destined to ka-id2-[da])

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 38.0 wide × 16.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: complete; when the six tablets 1948.5.2 and 1948.5.7-11 came into the museum they were given the registration number 8973 a-f. When accession numbers were first assigned in the 1970s, these six tablets were given a single accession number, 1948.5.2. In 19
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Mayr: best impression of this seal

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt of a quantity of ni.gal (?) destined to ka-id2-[da])
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 280

    [Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1948.05.008
  • Accession No.: 08973d (SM catalogue: 3173)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.08.00 ?
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. 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 002992.5 (composite) (P533572) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“SM 1948.05.008 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408048.
SM 1948.05.008 artifact entry (No. P408048). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408048 (Original work published 2010)
SM 1948.05.008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408048 (Accessed: November 22, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {SM 1948.05.008 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408048},
}


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