CST 838 (P108345)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0838

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. lu2-{d}suen
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. puzur4-ma-am3
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. ur-{d}nin-a-zu
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. a-hu-szu-ni
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. {d}er3-ra-ba-ni
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. ur-{d}nansze
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. dingir-su-kal
15. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
16. lu2-sza-lim
17. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
18. dingir-ba-ni
19. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2# [3(disz) gin2 i3] 2(disz) [gin2 naga]
reverse
1. kal-la-mu#
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2# [szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga]
3. ur-{d}ba-ba6
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 [szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga]
5. lu2-nin-ga2
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2# [3(disz)] gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. szu-ma-am3
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. a-bu-du10
10. 2(ban2) kasz 1 dug dida du 3(ban2) x 1(disz) sila3 i3 a2-pi5-lum?
11. 1(ban2) kasz 1 dug dida du 3(ban2) 5(ban2) sila3# x 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
12. en-um-mi-i3-li2
13. szunigin 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz x 2(disz) dug dida du 3(ban2)
14. szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 5(ban2) dabin
15. szunigin# 1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1(disz) sila3 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 i3
16. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 8(disz) gin2 naga
left
1. u4 1(u)-kam
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2. iti diri
3. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST, 838

    [Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 134

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: JRL 0838
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.13.10 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-01-26 at 10:47:56 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CST 838 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108345.
CST 838 artifact entry (No. P108345). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108345
CST 838 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108345 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CST 838 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108345},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P108345},
}


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