DCS 001 (P221695)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Museum Number

BNUS 376 + 378

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

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Administrative [identification uncertain]

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Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [4(ban2) nin-e2]-unu{ki}-ga-nir-gal2
2'. 2(ban2) dumu munus
3'. 3(ban2) sa6-sa6
4'. 2(ban2) dumu nita
5'. 3(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2)
6'. [mu-na]-tam-me
7'. 2(ban2) dumu nita
8'. 3(ban2) a-ra2-nu2
9'. 3(ban2) e2-ki-DU-DU-mu
10'. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
11'. [...]
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) nin-iri-da-kusz2
2'. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
3'. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
4'. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
5'. 3(ban2@c) e2-hi-li-su3
6'. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
7'. 2(ban2@c) dumu nita
8'. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
9'. 3(ban2@c) e2-ku3
10'. 2(disz@t)#-[kam-ma]
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
2'. 2(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
3'. 7(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita [2(ban2@c)]
4'. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
5'. sze-bi 4(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) gur saggal
6'. geszgal-si
7'. 4(ban2@c) ZUM
8'. [4(ban2@c)] nin#-mu#-[su-da]
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) ama-bi-a-ra2-nu2
2'. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
3'. 3(ban2@c) ama-sa6-ga
4'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
5'. 3(ban2@c)# [geme2-e2-zi-da]
6'. 3(ban2@c)! kisz-[a]-bi2-tusz
7'. 3(ban2@c) geme2-ganun
8'. 3(ban2@c) tasz3-ni-tum
9'. 3(ban2@c) igi-bar-lu2-ti
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. 2(asz@c) [sza3-du10] nita [2(ban2@c)]
2'. 6(asz@c) sza3-[du10] munus [2(ban2@c)]
3'. sze-bi 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c)#? nin-inim-zi-da
4'. 4(ban2@c)! nin-tesz2-mu
5'. 4(ban2@c)#! {d}nin-mar[{ki}]-ama-pa4-pa4
6'. 4(ban2@c) nin-lu2-mu
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
2'. 3(ban2@c) ag-ga-ga
3'. szu-nigin2 3(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
4'. 1(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
5'. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
6'. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 <munus> 2(ban2@c)
7'. [sze-bi] 2(asz@c)#? [{d}nansze-da-nu-me-a]
rest broken
column 7
beginning broken
1'. [4(ban2@c) szesz-e]-a#-[na-ak]
2'. 2(asz@c) dumu nita 2(ban2@c)
3'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4'. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
5'. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
6'. 3(ban2@c) nin-tur
7'. 3(ban2@c) nin-szer7-zi
8'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
9'. 3(ban2@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
10'. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
11'. sag dub-me
rest broken
column 8
beginning broken
1'. szu-[nigin2] 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
2'. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
3'. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
4'. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
5'. sze-bi 2(asz@c) la2 1(ban2@c) ki-gu-me
6'. sza3-ge-a-ra2-bi2-du11
7'. ugula-bi
8'. 4(ban2@c)# sa#-[{d}]si#-[bi2]
rest broken
column 9
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) [...]
2'. 1(ban2@c)#? [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [sze-bi x] la2 1(asz@c) [...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [4(ban2@c) uszur3]-gin7-du10#
2'. munus-me
3'. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) e2-gil-sa
4'. u2-bil
5'. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
6'. 2(asz@c) geme2# 4(ban2@c)#
7'. sze-bi i3-li2-be6-li2#
8'. 4(ban2@c)# [za-na]
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) x
2'. 6(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
3'. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4'. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) amar-giri16{ki}
5'. {lu2}lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me
6'. 4(ban2@c)#? nin-igi-an-na-ke4-su
7'. 2(ban2@c)#? x-[...]
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c)# [nin-sza3-la2]-tuku#
2'. [2(asz@c)] dumu# nita 2(ban2@c)
3'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
4'. 3(ban2@c) nin-lu2-mu
5'. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
6'. szu-nigin2 3(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
7'. 3(asz@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
8'. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
9'. sze-bi 1(asz@c) la2# 1(ban2@c)# [a-ga-am-me]
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2@c) su6#-mu2!
2'. 3(ban2@c) nin-edin-ne2
3'. 2(asz@c) dumu munus 2(ban2@c)
4'. [3(ban2@c)] za-na
5'. 3(ban2@c) uszur3-[ra]-sa6
6'. [3(ban2@c)] nin-ur2-ni
7'. 3(ban2@c) dam-a-mu
8'. [2(ban2@c) dumu] nita
9'. [3(ban2@c) {d}ba]-ba6#-[zi-mu]
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
1'. szu-nigin2 1(asz@c) nita 4(ban2@c)
2'. 3(asz@c) nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
3'. nita-me
4'. 1(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
5'. 1(u@c) 3(disz@t) geme2 3(ban2@c)
6'. 4(asz@c)# sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
7'. 4(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
8'. [sze-bi] 3(asz@c)# [geme2 szah2 nig2-gu7-a-me]
rest broken
column 7
beginning broken
1'. 2(u@c) sza3-du10 nita 2(ban2@c)
2'. nita-me
3'. 5(u@c) 2(asz@c) geme2 4(ban2@c)
4'. 1(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 3(ban2@c)
5'. 4(asz@c) nu-siki munus 3(ban2@c)
6'. 3(u@c) 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
rest broken
column 8
1. [gu2-an-sze3 ... lu2 sze-ba tur mah-ba]
2. sze-[bi] 2(u@c) 2(asz@c) 3(barig@c) [x?] gur saggal
3. sze-ba geme2 dumu u2-rum
4. [{d}ba-ba6]
5. [sa6]-sa6
6. [dam] URU-[KA]-gi#-na
7. lugal
8. lagasz#{ki}-ka
9. iti# guru7# im#? [du8?-a?]
rest broken
column 9
beginning broken
1'. 3(disz@t) ba-am6
blank space

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Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: DCS, 1

[Charpin1981Strasbourg] Charpin, Dominique, and Jean-Marie Durand. 1981. Documents Cunéiformes de Strasbourg Conservés à La Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire. Etudes Assyriologiques Recherche Sur Les Grandes Civilisations 4. Paris: A.D.P.F.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BNUS 376 + 378
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.06.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-19 at 16:14:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:54:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:14	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2015-05-07 at 08:44:29	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-10-25 at 08:41:47	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2008-10-09 at 16:04:39	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2008-06-17 at 16:02:14	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:56	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
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

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“DCS 001 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221695.

DCS 001 artifact entry (No. P221695). (2024, September 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221695 (Original work published 2003)

DCS 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221695 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 19},
	title = {DCS 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221695},
}

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