TMH 05, 159 (P020573)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

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
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

Museum Number

HS 0909

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Legal document: "Ordal" ---)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

128.0 mm × 141.0 mm × 31.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [bar ...]
2. nin#-bara2-ge
3. [x] GAN [x?] szubur
4. [{d}]i7-sze3
5. al-DU-DU
6. u3-mu-ni-zal
7. sagi
8. maszkim-bi
9. bar sze lid2-ga
10. giri3-ni
11. ur-tar
12. a-ne-da
13. en-SUM-ra
14. amar-{d}asznan#
15. lugal-ra
16. lugal-kar
column 2
1. [...]
2. [{d}]i7-da
3. an-na-e11
  1 line blank
4. bar GAN2
5. 1(asz@c) lugal-sza3
6. engar
7. 1(asz@c) lugal-inim-gi-na
8. masz-pa3-da{ki}
9. {d}i7-sze3
10. al-DU-DU
11. ad-da-tur
12. maszkim-bi
13. bar 1(asz@c) sag
14. 5(asz@c)#? ku3 gin2
15. [1(asz@c)] nin-a2-mah
16. ur-{d}asznan#
17. dam-gar3#-ra
column 3
1. [{d}i7-da]
2. an-na-e11
3. UD-UD
4. sagi#
5. maszkim-bi
6. bar 3(asz@c) udu [x]
7. 1(asz@c) ma-x-gi4-su
8. ARAD2 ka-ba
9. u3-mu-ni-zal
10. lu2 dub-sar-mah-ra
11. {d}i7-da
12. an-na-e11
13. ur-ki
14. maszkim-bi
15. bar 1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 1(iku@c) GAN2
16. 1(asz@c) szesz-[x]-da#
17. 1(asz@c) lugal-uszur4-mu
column 4
1. [...]
2. {d}i7-sze3
3. al#-DU-DU
4. ur-e2-mah
5. szu-i
6. maszkim-bi
7. 1(asz@c) ku3 ma-na 6(asz@c) gin2
8. 1(asz@c) gu4
9. 5(u@c) sze lid2-ga
10. x
11. lugal-uszur4-mu-kam
12. inim-zi-da
13. szesz-ne
14. {d}i7-da
15. an-da-e11
  1 line blank
16. bar 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) GAN2
17. 1(asz@c) ur-esz3
column 5
1. [...]
2. <<{d}i7-da>>
3. szesz-banda3
4. nu-esz3-ra
5. {d}i7-da
6. an-na-e11
7. lugal-ra
8. maszkim-bi
9. bar-GAN2
10. 1(asz@c) lu5-ka
11. lu2 u5
12. 1(asz@c) ur-{d}nusku
13. dumu szesz-banda3
14. {d}[i7]-sze3
15. al-DU-DU
16. ur-{d}gu2-la2
17. sagi
18. maszkim-bi
19. bar ku3-nag
20. nin-[...]
column 6
  2 lines missing
1. dam-[x]
2. PA?-DUB-ra
3. {d}i7-da
4. an-na-e11
5. szu12-gal2-la
6. szu-i
7. maszkim-bi
8. bar GAN2
9. lugal-ezem
10. ur-e2-zi-da
11. {d}i7-sze3
12. al-DU-DU
13. lugal-nig2-zu
14. maszkim-bi
15. bar 1(esze3@c) 3(iku@c) GAN2
16. ur-BU-HA [...]
17. [...]
column 7
  2 lines missing
1. [{d}i7-sze3]
2. al#-DU-[DU]
3. amar-[...]
4. maszkim-[bi]
5. 1/2(asz@c) e2 sar
6. mi-za-ni-kam
7. {d}inanna-ur-sag
8. 1/3(asz@c) ku3 sza-na
9. in-na-la2
10. UD#-UD
11. dumu {d}inanna-ur-sag
12. nin-dur2-ra
13. {d}i7-da
14. an-na-e11
  1 line blank
column 8
1. [...]-{d}en-lil2
2. lugal-menx(|GA2xEN|)
3. {d}i7-sze3
4. al-DU-DU
5. lugal-ezem
6. dumu-x [...]
7. maszkim#-[bi]
8. 1/3(asz@c) ku3 sza-na
9. tir-ku3
10. dam-gar3
11. lugal-nig2-bara4-du10
12. ad-da-tur-bi-da
13. {d}i7-da
14. an-e11
15. ur-{d}sud3-da
16. maszkim#-[bi]
column 9
1. [bar] x [u3]-mu-ni-zal-kam
2. u2-a
3. nu-KA-a-da
4. u2-a
5. {d}i7-da
6. an-e11
7. ur-{d}iszkur
8. maszkim-bi
9. bar GAN2-kam
10. sa2-du11 usz2-a
11. igi-du-da
12. 1(asz@c) ur-ma-ma
13. {d}i7-da
14. a-gesztin-ra
15. [...]
16. [maszkim-bi]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 128.0 high × 141.0 wide × 31.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: TMH 5, 159

    [Pohl1935TMH5] Pohl, Alfred. 1935. Vorsargonische Und Sargonische Wirtschaftstexte : Autographiert Und Mit Inventarverzeichnis Und Namenlisten Versehen. Hilprecht-Sammlung Jena. Texte Und Materialien, no. 5. Leipzig : J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: ECTJ, 159

    [Westenholz1975ECTJ] Westenholz, Aage. 1975. Early Cuneiform Texts in Jena. Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Documents from Nippur and Fara in the Hilprecht-Sammlung. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter 7, 3. København: Munksgaard.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: HS 0909
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-19 at 12:08:07 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-08-01 at 14:06:17 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-10-09 at 08:51:03 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-10-04 at 17:18:44 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:03:39 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2007-07-15 at 00:30:19 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2007-03-26 at 18:08:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:24 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2004-09-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Krebernik, Manfred CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“TMH 05, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573.
TMH 05, 159 artifact entry (No. P020573). (2023, October 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573 (Original work published 2004)
TMH 05, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
@misc{2023TMH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 19},
	title = {TMH 05, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P020573
LB  - CDLI:P020573
M1  - 2025/3/20/
TI  - TMH 05, 159 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P020573
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.