BIN 08, 023 (P221474)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04753

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [2(barig) en-gil-sa]
2. [4(ban2@c) engar]-zi#
3. [4(ban2@c)] lugal#-sipa#
4. [sagi]-me
5. [2(barig@c)] al#-tusz
6. [um]-me
7. [1(barig@c)] geme2#-e2-dam#
8. um#-me-da
column 2
1. [4(ban2@c) {d}inanna-ama-mu]
2. [4(ban2@c) a-ur2]-mu#
3. ar3-du2 munus-me
4. 3(ban2@c) esz4-dar-um#-me
5. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
6. 3(ban2@c) um-me
7. 3(ban2@c) am6-ma
8. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9. 3(ban2@c) zi-le
column 3
1. [3(ban2@c) HA-U2-U2?]
2. 3(ban2@c) nin-mu#-da-nu-me-a
3. munus-me
4. 2(barig) en-bi
5. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ki-ni-mu-su
6. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) mar-tum
7. u2-bil-me
8. szu-nigin2 1(disz@t) lu2 2(barig@c)
9. 2(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
column 4
1. [6(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)]
2. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita# 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 2(barig) <<3(ban2)>> en-bi-sza3-ga
5. geme2 kikken-me
6. 3(ban2@c) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ama-mu
7. ki siki-kam
8. 1(barig@c) bahar2
reverse
column 1
1. lu2 geme2 {d#}nansze-ka#-me
2. 2(barig@c) inim-gi-na#
3. 4(ban2@c) gub#-ba-ni-an-na#-sa6#
4. 5(ban2@c)# a-kiszi17-gal
5. sagi#-me
6. [2(barig@c) nin-guru7]
column 2
1. um-me
2. 1(barig@c) gan-ezem
3. um-me-da#
4. 4(ban2@c) geme2#-ganun#
5. [ar3-du2 munus-me]
6. [4(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama-mu]
7. [nu-siki-kam]
8. [e2-mete]
9. [e-da-ti]
10. [lu2 munus-sa6-ga-me]
column 3
1. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) 1(disz@t) lu2 2(barig@c)
2. x lu2 1(barig@c)
  rest broken
column 4
1. [gu2-an-sze3 ... lu2 sze-ba tur mah-ba]
2. [sze-bi ... gur saggal]
3. [sze-ba geme2 dumu]
4. [dumu ensi2-ka-ke4-ne]
5. [bara2-nam-tar-ra]
6. [dam lugal-an-da]
column 5
1. ensi2#
2. lagasz#[{ki}-ka]
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BIN 8, 23

    [Hackman1958BIN8] Hackman, George G. 1958. Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts from Predynastic Times to the End of the Akkad Dynasty. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Selz, Gebhard, AWAS 071

    [sec26873] N.d.

  • citation: BiOr 16, 115

    [Sollberger1959BiOr16] Sollberger, Edmond. 1959. Bibliotheca Orientalis 16.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 04753
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Lugalanda.04.00.00 ?
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-31 at 10:21:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-07 at 08:44:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-11-15 at 05:25:28 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:04:29 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2008-06-12 at 18:05:09 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:51 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 08, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 31, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221474.
BIN 08, 023 artifact entry (No. P221474). (2024, May 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221474 (Original work published 2003)
BIN 08, 023 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221474 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 31},
	title = {BIN 08, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221474},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221474},
}


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