Whitman 1 (P416491)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penrose Library, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penrose Library, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Museum Number

Whitman 1

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
 en: 398 laborer days,
2. ki-su7 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu
 en: at the threshing floor of the field Willow stationed;
3. ugula ur-mes
 en: foreman: Ur-mes,
4. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
 en: under seal of Lugal-emaḫe;
5. giri3 tu-ga-asz
 en: via Tugaš;
reverse
  blank space
1. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
 en: year: “The high-priest of Eridu was installed.”
seal 1
1. lugal-e2-mah-e
 en: Lugal-emaḫe,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni
 en: son of Lugal-kugani.

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
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  • Museum No.: Whitman 1
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-09-05 at 16:48:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-07-10 at 14:22:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-03-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003415.2 (composite) (P533683) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“Whitman 1 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 12, 2011. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491.
Whitman 1 artifact entry (No. P416491). (2011, March 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491
Whitman 1 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2011Whitman,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {mar 12},
	title = {Whitman 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491},
}

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PY  - 2011
ID  - P416491
LB  - CDLI:P416491
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - Whitman 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416491
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