HLC 024 (pl. 016 & 154) (P109902)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Buie, Larry, St. Pauls, North Carolina, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Buie, Larry, St. Pauls, North Carolina, USA

Museum Number

unknown

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

140.0 mm × 105.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 2(gesz'u) [nigin2] {gesz}ma#?-nu#? [...]
2. [...] 3(szar2) [...]
3. si-i3-tum# [...] sag
4. 4(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
5. 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sa gi
6. 1(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
7. ki ur-ki-siki-ka-ta
8. 3(szar'u) 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) sa gi
9. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze-ta
10. 2(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
11. erin2 ka e2-gal-ka gub-ba
12. giri3 kal-la
13. 2(szar'u) 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) sa gi
column 2
1. ki al-la-ta
2. 3(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. [...] sila-a dab5-ba [sa2]-du11# ku5 dab5-ba
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4. [...] lu2#-me-lam2
5. [...] 3(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 5(u) 1(disz) sa gi
6. gi ninda zi3 gir2-su{ki}-ta du8-a
7. 2(gesz2) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
8. a2 u2-szu? ak-bi 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
9. sa2-du11 ku5-ra2-a
10. giri3 ka-zal-la x
11. 1(u) 4(asz) 5/6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
12. a2 u2-szu? ak-bi 3(gesz2) 2/3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
13. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) sa gi
14. sa2-du11 lugal iti-de3 la2-a u4 1(disz)-kam
15. 5(gesz'u) sa gi
16. ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
17. 5(gesz'u) sa gi
18. ki ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da-ta
19. 1(asz) sze gur lugal
column 3
1. sze gur DUB [...]-ta
2. gi-bi 7(szar2) 3(gesz'u) sa
3. ki lu2-gi-na-ta
4. gi sze-ta sa10-a
5. 6(szar2) szukur ma-nu
6. nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu-bi 6(gesz2)
7. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 9(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
8. a2 u2-szu? ak-bi 4(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
9. 1(szar2) sa gi
10. sa2-du11 ku5 uri5{ki}-ma
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11. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
12. szunigin 1(szar2) 4(u) 9(asz) gu2 1(u) gin2 {gesz}ma-nu
13. nigin2-bi 2(szar2) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
14. szunigin 1(szargal){gal} 2(szar'u) 4(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 5(u) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sa gi
15. sza3-bi-ta
16. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
17. 1(szar'u) 5(szar2) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sa gi
reverse
column 1
1. sa2-du11 lugal
2. 1(gesz'u) 2(u) 6(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
3. 2(gesz'u) szukur ma-nu
4. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
5. 5(szar'u) 5(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sa gi
6. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gu2 gi-ru-usz
7. 1(gesz'u) 4(u) sa a-|ZI&ZI|-a
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8. zi-ga nig2-diri sza3 a2 u4-da-ka
9. sza3 nibru{ki}
10. 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) 2(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
11. 1(szar2) 9(gesz2) sa gi
12. 6(szar2) szukur ma-nu
13. sa2-du11 sza3 uri5{ki}-ma
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14. zi-ga lugal
15. 7(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
16. gin2 1(disz)-a 7(gesz2) 3(u) sa-ta
17. zi-ga 5(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa
column 2
1. la2-ia3 su-ga
2. szesz-kal-la szu ba-ti
3. ugu2 ga2-ga2
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4. szunigin 6(szar2) 2(gesz'u) szukur {gesz}ma-nu
5. nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu-bi 6(gesz2) 2(u)
6. szunigin 4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gu2 {gesz}ma-nu
7. nigin2-bi 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz)
8. a2 u2-szu? ak-bi 1(gesz'u) 5(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
9. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
10. szunigin 1(szargal){gal} 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sa gi
11. szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gu2 gi-ru-usz
12. gi-bi 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) sa
13. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(u) sa a-|ZI&ZI|-a
14. gi-bi 1(gesz'u) 4(u)
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15. zi-ga lugal
16. szunigin 7(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3
17. gi-bi 5(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa
18. la2-ia3 su-ga
19. szesz-kal-la szu ba-ti
column 3
  blank space
1. szunigin2! 2(szar2) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
2. szunigin2 1(szargal){gal} 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sa gi
3. szunigin2 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. zi-ga
5. la2-ia3 1(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 5(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) nigin2 {gesz}ma-nu
6. 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 1/3(disz) sa gi
7. 4(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. la2-ia3-am3
  blank space
9. nig2-ka9-ak gi
10. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ab-ba-iri
11. iti# sze-sag11-ku5-ta
12. iti# diri sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
13. iti# 2(disz)-a-kam
14. mu#-bi 1(disz)-am3
15. mu# ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 140.0 high × 105.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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  • primary: HLC, HLC 024 (pl. 016 & 154)

    [Barton1905-1914-HLC] Barton, George A. 1905-1914. Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents from the Temple Archives of Telloh. Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Co ; London : Headley Brothers.

  • history: AJSL 27/4 (pp. 322-327)

    [Barton1911Babylonian] Barton, George A. 1911. “A Babylonian Ledger Account of Reeds and Wood (HLC. PL. 16).” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 27 (4): 322–27. https://www.jstor.org/stable/528665.

  • history: CM 26, 157

    [Sharlach2004CM26] Sharlach, Tonia M. 2004. Provincial Taxation and the Ur III State. Cuneiform Monographs 26. Leiden, Boston: Brill, Styx.

    (private collection in Pennsylvania)

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.11.00, Šulgi.46.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-25 at 09:06:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-24 at 16:21:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-03-05 at 08:15:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:30:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:12:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:00:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:35 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HLC 024 (Pl. 016 & 154) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P109902.
HLC 024 (pl. 016 & 154) artifact entry (No. P109902). (2024, June 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P109902 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 024 (pl. 016 & 154) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P109902 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 25},
	title = {HLC 024 (pl. 016 & 154) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P109902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P109902},
}


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