SM 1951.02.004 (P408058)

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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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1951.02.004

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 for beer? or oxen of ok quality (us2-sa) at a rate of 1 ban2 and 5 silas)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 38.0 high × 38.0 wide × 14.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: tablet is complete but quite worn; when the four tablets 1951.2.1-4 came into the museum they were given the registration number 8995. When accession numbers were first assigned in the 1970s, these four tablets were given a single accession number, 1951.2
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (SM catalogue: sealed tablet: receipt for beer? or oxen of ok quality (us2-sa) at a rate of 1 ban2 and 5 silas)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Mayr SITU, p. 421 (seal)

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1951.02.004
  • Accession No.: 08995 (SM catalogue: 3183)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005290 (composite) (P458000) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SM 1951.02.004 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408058.
SM 1951.02.004 artifact entry (No. P408058). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408058 (Original work published 2010)
SM 1951.02.004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408058 (Accessed: September 18, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408058},
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