OrAnt 18, 225 (P221806)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 15540

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(esze3@c) sze GAN2 5(asz@c) 1/4(asz@c) gu2!
2. 1(esze3@c) di-utu unu3
3. 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) sze GAN2 ku3
4. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) masz?-da5
5. 1(esze3@c) la2 1/4(iku@c) lugal-ga2-ab-e
6. 2(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) lugal-gaba
7. u2-u2
8. ur-mes!(UM)
9. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) AB-me-lum unu3
10. 4(asz@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c)
11. 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) TE-lugal-KA aga3-us2
12. 1(esze3@c) e2-ga2#? sipa
column 2
1. 1(esze3@c) lugal-KA
2. 2(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) il2 ugula-iri?
3. 1(bur3@c) la2 1/2(iku@c) ur-TAR-gesz
4. gala sipa
5. 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) sze 4(asz@c) gu2 lugal-KA
6. 5(iku@c) lugal-KA lu2 gesz-AB
7. 1(esze3@c) 1/2(iku@c) gesz-sza3-u8-mi
8. ba-za
9. 1(bur3@c) la2 1(iku@c) ur-{d}errax(KISZ){ra}
10. 3(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) sze 2(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) za3-AN-da-mah
11. 1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) sze 2(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) lugal-KA-mah
12. gala KA-ti?
13. 1(bur3@c) nimgir-zu
column 3
1. 7(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c)
2. 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) nu engar
3. sipa-dingir
4. me-lam2
5. 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) sze GAN2 ku3 sipa
6. me-lam2
7. 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) ur-{d}nin-mug
8. 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) gesz-sza3 e2-musz3
9. 1(bur3@c) sze 2(esze3@c) 3(asz@c) gu2 sipa-dingir [x?]
10. sze GAN2 ku3#
11. 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) KA#?-zal-a#-ra?
12. 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) a2-mi2
13. bara2-AN#-[x x?]
14. 2(iku@c) [...]
column 4
1. 3(iku@c) inim-ma-ni-zi#
2. 3(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) 1/4(iku@c) sze GAN2 ku3
3. 2(esze3@c) mu-x ugula szusz3?
4. 1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 2(iku@c) sze 2(esze3@c) gu2# mu-nu-tuku
  blank space
5. mar-da-am6
6. 1(esze3@c) sze 3(asz@c) gu2 ur-{d}en-ki nu-banda3
7. 3(iku@c) sze 1(asz@c) gu2 amar#-zi
8. 1(iku@c) sze 3(asz@c) gu2 a-na-da-ak#
9. 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) sze 3(asz@c) dingir-mah sipa
10. 2(iku@c)# x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. [...] u3?-si
2. 1(iku@c) sze 1(asz@c) gu2# ur-e3
3. 2(iku@c) ur-e2
4. 2(iku@c) sze 1(asz@c) gu2 szesz-ki-na
5. il2
6. 1(iku@c) mah-ku3 szusz3?
7. 1(iku@c) mah-me-a
  blank space
8. KA-gesz-zi
9. {d}en-lil2-la2 |SUR.GU|#
column 2
1. a-sza3 gid2-da
2. sze u4
3. mar-da
4. KA-gesz-zi
5. lugal-za3-ge-si ensi2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OrAnt 18, p.225-226,

    [Lambert1979AO15540] Lambert, Maurice. 1979. “AO 15540.” Oriens Antiquus 18: 225–26.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: AO 15540
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-06-05 at 11:46:39 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2020-09-03 at 03:35:42 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-01-02 at 09:56:47 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2016-12-12 at 23:39:34 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OrAnt 18, 225 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221806.
OrAnt 18, 225 artifact entry (No. P221806). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221806
OrAnt 18, 225 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221806 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).
@misc{2003OrAnt,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {OrAnt 18, 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221806},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221806},
}

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