Fs Milano 321-323 (P200729)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106476

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

80.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 22.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. ab-ba-ge-na-ar
 en: For Abbagena
2. a-sza3 i3-szum2 erin2-e tab-ba-de3
 en: the Išum field by the labor troop is to be smoothed out:
3. ensi2-ke4 a2 in-da-na-an-ag2
 en: the governor gave these instructions to him.
4. erin2-e GAN2-dusu tab-ba-e-de3 szu bi2-ib2-dag
 en: (Nevertheless,) the labor troop to smooth out the corvée field neglected.
5. szuku-bi ba-ab-tab
 en: They (instead) their (own) subsistence fields smoothed out.
6. i7 i3-szum2-ma i3-ib2-de6-a
 en: The canal that on the Išum (field) brings (water),
7. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-am3 erin2-e a-sza3-bi-sze3 ba-ab-gid2
 en: during 14 days the labor troop towards their fields diverted.
8. ensi2-sze3 u3 da-da-ga-asz
 en: (Abbagena) to the governor (Ayakalla) and Dadaga (to inform them)
9. lu2 nu-mu-un-szi-in-gi4
 en: sent nobody.
10. a-sza3-bi a la-ba-ab-si
 en: (Consequently,) their (Ayakalla and Dadaga’s) field with water was not filled.
reverse
1. engar sza3-gu4-ka-ni
 en: His (Abbagena’s) cultivators (and) ox-drivers
2. sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-de3 ba-an-na-szum2
 en: to harvest the barley were given to him (Abbagena).
3. da-da-ga gurum2#-sze3 i3#-gen
 en: Dadaga for an inspection went there,
4. erin2-bi 3(disz)-a diri-ga nu-gub-ba-am3
 en: (and found out that) from the labor troop no more than 3 were in service.
5. 1(disz) ab-ba-ge-na
 en: One Abbagena,
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
 en: one Ur-Šulpa’e (and)
7. 1(disz) a-a-kal-la
 en: and one Ayakalla:
8. sza3-bi 1(disz)-am3 sag-bi-sze3 nu-gub-ba-am3
 en: not 1 of them as the person in charge was in service.
9. inim ab-ba-ge-na-ka
 en: In the statement of Abbagena,
10. igi ensi2-ka-sze3 ba-an-ge-en6
 en: before the governor it was confirmed.
11. sza3 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu-ka
 en: At the poplar field.
12. iti nesag
 en: Month “First fruits,”
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13. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
 en: year following: “The barge of Enki was caulked.”

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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
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 80.0 high × 44.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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  • Museum No.: BM 106476
  • Accession No.: 1913-04-16, 1308

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.04.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-12-08 at 21:47:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-12-03 at 12:01:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-10-14 at 11:42:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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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Cite this Artifact
“Fs Milano 321-323 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P200729.
Fs Milano 321-323 artifact entry (No. P200729). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P200729 (Original work published 2002)
Fs Milano 321-323 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P200729 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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}

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