NYPL 263 (P122801)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

NYPLC 402

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

48.0 × 42.0 × 20.0

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) sze gur
2. sze nig2-gur11 sukkal-mah
3. sze-ba geme2 ARAD2-da-sze3
4. ki gu-za-na-ta
5. ur-{d}ba-ba6
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. sza3 e2-duru5 {d}nin-hur-sag-ga2
  blank space
2. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 si-mu-ru-um#[{ki}] mu-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) sze gur
2. sze nig2-gur11 sukkal-mah
3. sze-ba geme2 ARAD2-da-[sze3]
  1 line blank
4. [ki] gu#-za-na-[ta]
5. [kiszib3 ur-{d}ba]-ba6#
reverse
1. [sza3 e2-duru5 {d}nin-hur]-sag-ga2
  blank space
2. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 si-mu-ru-um{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu en-ku-li
4. ARAD2-zu

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 42.0 wide × 20.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NYPLC 402
  • Accession No.: Eames P02

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2021-07-27 at 09:15:50 Firth, Richard Firth, Richard CDLI approved
2018-08-23 at 08:56:44 Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI CDLI approved
2011-07-22 at 13:50:45 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2011-05-02 at 14:26:32 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2009-06-03 at 10:34:22 Englund, Robert K. Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved
2007-01-10 at 17:09:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:36 CDLI CDLI CDLI approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Santoïemma, Loïc; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Reynolds, Kathryn R.; Aupperle, Eric; Freedman, Sally M.; Lafont, Bertrand; Guidi, Carlo; Hilgert, Markus; Molina, Manuel; Heinle, Michael; Jones, Jillian; Dahl, Jacob L.; Cripps, Eric L.; Guerra, Dylan; Ajango, Kelsey M.; Reid, Nicholas; Galador, Louis; Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005964 (composite) (P458674) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact

“NYPL 263 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122801.

NYPL 263 artifact entry (No. P122801). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122801

NYPL 263 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122801 (Accessed: February 7, 2023).

@misc{2001NYPL,
  • note = {[Online; accessed 2023-02-07]},
  • year = {2001},
  • month = {dec 20},
  • title = {NYPL 263 artifact entry},
  • howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122801},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
ID  - P122801
LB  - CDLI:P122801
M1  - 2023/2/7/
TI  - NYPL 263 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P122801
ER  -