PBS 09, 002 (P010542)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10000

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (field purchase.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(bur'u@c)# 3(bur3@c) GAN2
2. 1(gesz'u@c) 2(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
3. 2(asz@c) sze gur!(SI)
4. 1(asz@c) ziz2 gur
5. GAN2# DU#?
6. [en-he2-gal2] lugal# lagasz-sze3
7. 7(bur3@c) GAN2
8. 3(gesz2@c)# uruda [ma]-na#
column 2
1. 2(u@c) ur-sukkal
2. 2(asz@c) sze gur
3. si-du3 lugal
4. GAN2 ganun-du3
5. 1(bur'u@c) 1(bur3@c) GAN2 ki
6. 5(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
7. 2(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) sze gur
8. GAN2 U2-PAD-ME
9. en-he2-gal2 lugal lagasz-sze3
10. si-du3 lugal
column 3
1. 8(bur3@c) GAN2
2. 2(u@c) LAK020
3. 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) szah2 niga
4. 1(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) sze gur
5. en-he2-gal2 lugal
6. KASKAL-PA5?{ki}
7. LAL{ki}
8. lugal-nim-du sa12-du5
9. masz gu-sur-NUN
10. 3(bur'u@c) la2 2(bur3@c) GAN2
11. 1(gesz'u@c)! 2(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
column 4
1. 4(asz@c) sze gur
2. 2(bur'u@c) la2 1(bur3@c) GAN2
3. 7(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
4. 1(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) sze gur
5. 4(u@c) lugal-ki
6. 3(u@c) lugal-kur-gesztin!?{ki}
7. bar-sag?-sa6
8. gu2-kalam?{ki}
9. en-he2-gal2
10. lugal lagasz-sze3!
11. 1(bur'u@c) 4(bur3@c) GAN2
12. 1(gesz'u@c) 2(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
column 5
1. 2(asz@c) sze gur
2. bad3-gesz-gi4
3. SZESZ-IB-gesztin
4. engar!
5. 1(bur'u@c) GAN2
6. 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) uruda ma-na
7. 2(asz@c) sze gur
8. GAN2 a-USZ
9. masz gu-sur-NUN
10. SZESZ-IB-gesztin engar
11. lugal-nim-du sa12-du5
12. [si]-du3 lugal#?
column 6
1. 8(bur3@c) GAN2
2. 3(asz@c) sze gur
3. GAN2 a-nir?-il2?
4. inanna-sar engar
5. masz gu-sur-NUN
6. si-du3 lugal
7. 3(bur3@c) GAN2 nig2-e3
8. GAN2 gu4
9. 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) uruda [ma-na]
  1-2 lines effaced
column 7
1. 1(bur'u@c) GAN2#
2. A-HA# [(x)]
3. 6(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
4. masz engar
5. 3(u@c) e2-musz-si?
6. 2(gesz2@c) uruda ma-na
7. masz engar
8. GAN2 lagasz# sa10#
reverse
column 1
1. gu2-an-sze3
2. 2(szar2@c) 3(bur'u@c) GAN2
3. 1(szar2@c) 3(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) uruda ma-na
4. 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) sze gur
5. 2(u@c) LAK020
6. GAN2 sa10
column 2
1. lugal-ki-gal-la
2. iszib {d}nin-gir2-su
3. GAN2 nig2
  rest of column blank
bottom
1. lugal-szud3-de3 BA NU [...]
  scratched into dried clay

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Stone
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  • primary: PBS 9, 002

    [Barton1915PBS9] Barton, George A. 1915. Sumerian Business and Administrative Documents from the Earliest Times to the Dynasty of Agade. Publications of the Babylonian Section 9.

    Enhegal tablet.

  • history: SRU, 114

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • history: ATU 1, p. 20

    [Falkenstein1936ATU1] Falkenstein, Adam. 1936. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka, Band 2. Leipzig: Harrassowitz.

  • history: OIP 104, 020

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104.

  • history: JAOS 52 (pp. 110-132), 119

    [Kramer1932Fara] Kramer, Samuel N. 1932. “New Tablets from Fara.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 52.

  • history: Deimel, WF, p. 2*

    [sec3454] N.d.

  • history: MJ 4, p. 51

    [sec3455] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 10000
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-08-19 at 18:23:42 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2010-07-13 at 09:57:33 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Hebenstreit, Laurent CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 09, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010542.
PBS 09, 002 artifact entry (No. P010542). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010542 (Original work published 2001)
PBS 09, 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010542 (Accessed: June 26, 2024).
@misc{2023PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-06-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 09, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010542},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P010542},
}


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