JCS 54, 038 08 (P286218)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 07263

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Turam-ili archive)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. masz2 dam-gar3 i3-tuku
4. ki tu-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
5. dingir-ba-ni dumu qur-da-su
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. igi qur-da-su szesz-a-ni
3. igi el-me-e ku3-dim2
4. igi er3-ra-ba-ni
  blank space
5. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 mu-ne-dim2
envelope
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. masz2 dam-gar3 i3-tuku
4. ki tu-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
5. dingir-ba-ni dumu qur-da-su
6. szu ba-ti
7. igi isz-me-dingir szesz-a-ni
reverse
1. igi e-lum-me-e ku3-dim2#
2. igi er3-ra-ba-ni#
3. igi szu-esz18-dar#
  rest broken
seal 1
1. dingir-ba-ni
2. dumu qur-da-su?
3. dam-gar3

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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): 43.0 high × 40.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • primary: JCS 54, p.29-48, p. 38 8

    [Garfinkle2002Turam-ili] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2002. “Turam-Ili and the Community of Merchants in the Ur III Period.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 54 (1): 29–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360041.

  • history: Private Enterprise, 091

    [Garfinkle2000PrivateEnterprise] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2000. “Private Enterprise in Babylonia at the End of the Third Millennium B.C.”

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 214, NBC 07263

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 07263
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    was listed as Kesh (mod. uncertain)

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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.04.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:41:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:58:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:43:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:39:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:28 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002164 (composite) (P454874) Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“JCS 54, 038 08 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P286218.
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (No. P286218). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P286218 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P286218 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P286218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P286218},
}


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