Rochester 158 (P128263)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

Crozer 011

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... 4(barig)] sze szuku-ra aga3-[us2] ensi2-ka
2. kiszib3 ur-e2-mah
3. 3(ban2) sza3-gal ma2-lah5?
4. kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
5. 4(barig) 3(ban2) szuku-ra
6. kiszib3 usz-mu
7. 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze szuku-ra a-gu
8. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze szuku-ra ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
9. 1(barig) 3(ban2) ur-{d}szara2 dumu a2-na-na lu2 SIG7
10. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lu2-{d}szara2 sze szuku-ra bahar3
11. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze szuku-ra lu2-eb-gal bahar3
12. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze szuku-ra e2-mah-ki-du10
13. bahar3-me
14. 2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze szuku-ra
15. ugula [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze szuku-ra ur-szu-[ga-lam-ma]
2. 1(barig) [...]-zi-[...]
3. 2(barig) sze [...]
4. {d}szara2-[...]
5. ki [...]
6. kiszib3 sza3-[...]
7. 3(asz) 3(barig) [...]
8. [...]
9. [...]
10. kiszib3 lugal-[...]
11. 1(barig) sze [...]
12. giri3 [...]
13. 2(barig) [...]
14. ki [...]
15. 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze [...]
16. {d}nanna-[...]
17. 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
18. [...]
19. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. ki [...]
2. 4(ban2) AB-[...]
3. 3(ban2) ur-{d}[...]
4. ki ma2-gur8-re
5. 4(ban2) ur-{d}bil3
6. ki a-gu-du
7. 4(ban2) lugal-dub-la2 bahar3
8. 1(barig) 4(ban2) lu2-{d}szara2
9. kiszib3 {d}utu-saga
10. 1(barig) sze ur5-ra kiszib3 sza3-nin-ga2
11. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze-ba ha-ma-ti dug szu4-gan
12. 3(asz) 4(barig) a2 ma2 lu2 hun-ga2
13. kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
14. 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze-ba kiszib3 ur-saga
15. 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze-ba kiszib3 tab-sza-la
16. 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba GAN ugula lu2-[...]
17. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2
18. 3(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
19. kiszib3 a-kal-la
20. 2(barig) sze-ba ur-balag
21. iti szu-numun u3
  some text moved to next line
22. iti [...]
column 2
1. [n] 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
2. 2(asz) sze ur5-ra gur kiszib3 [tab-sza]-la
3. 1(asz) 4(barig) sze ur5-ra
4. 2(ban2) sze-ba {d}szara2-an-dul3
5. dumu lugal-mu-ma-an-ag2
6. 2(barig) sze ur5-ra kiszib3 {d}szara2-mu ugula
7. 3(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka ma2-lah5?
8. iti nesag u3
  some text moved to next line
9. iti min-esz3
10. 3(barig) gur4-sa3-an simug
11. 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze ur5-ra lugal-mas-su2
12. e2-kikken gibil-ta
13. ki ka-guru7-ta
14. iti min-esz3
15. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Rochester, 158

    [Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Rations for workers

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Crozer 011
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.04.00 (us2 year), Šū-Suen.03.06.00 (us2 year), Šū-Suen.03.07.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-02-01 at 15:17:00 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-01-15 at 11:48:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:58:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:47 CDLI Atf CDLI 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:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Rochester 158 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263.
Rochester 158 artifact entry (No. P128263). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263
Rochester 158 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 158 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128263
LB  - CDLI:P128263
M1  - 2024/4/16/
TI  - Rochester 158 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128263
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.