CUSAS 16, 003 (P416162)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 313

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
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1'. [...] x ta
2'. [...] 2(asz) gur
3'. [... lu2] lunga
4'. [...] 6(asz) gur
5'. [...] du3
6'. [aga3]-us2 sanga
7'. [n] GAN2# 2(asz) gur
8'. [...] 6(asz) gur
9'. [...] lu2 lunga
10'. [engar] gesz-i3
11'. [lu2 szuku-ra] e2-a-me
12'. [...] ($ blank space $)
13'. [...] gesz
14'. [...]
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ka [...]
2'. 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) gur
3'. a-kal-la
4'. 1(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) gur
5'. mu-mu
6'. nu-banda3-gu4-me
7'. lu2 szuku-ra e2-a-me
  blank space
8'. a-sza3 ambar-a-szesz
9'. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
10'. ka-guru7
11'. 2(esze3) GAN2 2(asz) gur
12'. al-mu nu-banda3-gu4
13'. lu2 szuku-ra e2-a-me
  blank space
14'. a-sza3 ambar?-sur-ra
15'. 4(iku) GAN2 2(asz) gur
16'. lu2 sar
  blank space
17'. [a]-sza3# ka?-tul2
  nag?
column 3'
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1'. 1(bur3) GAN2 [...]
2'. ab-ba-[iri]
3'. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 [...]
4'. sag [...]
5'. 1(esze3) GAN2 ki# [...]
6'. en-nu-da# [tusz-a]
7'. 3(disz) ugula x [...] 1(esze3) GAN2-ta#
8'. 1(esze3) GAN2 [...]
9'. sagi [lugal]
10'. 1(bur3) GAN2 3(asz) [gur]
11'. al-[...]
12'. 1(bur3) GAN2 3(asz) [gur]
13'. a-kal-[la]
14'. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
column 1'
  blank space
  rest broken
column 2'
  blank space
  rest broken
column 3'
1. szunigin sze gesz e3-bi 2(gesz2) 3(u) gur lugal
2. sanga
3. szunigin 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 6(asz) gur
4. sza13-dub-ba
5. szunigin 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 6(asz) gur
6. ka-x
7. szunigin 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 3(asz) gur
8. ka-guru7
9. szunigin 1(bur3) GAN2 6(asz) gur
10. szar2-ra-ab-du
11. szunigin 1(bur'u) 1(iku) GAN2 1(u) gur
12. [dub]-sar gu4-apin
13. szunigin 1(disz) dub-sar
14. [... n] 2(bur3) GAN2 [...]
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column 4'
1. [...] ug3#-IL2
2. [szunigin] ug3-IL2 1(iku) GAN2 4(asz) gur
3. szunigin 4(disz) ug3-IL2 2(esze3) GAN2 4(asz) gur
4. szunigin 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) gur
5. ugula he2-dab5
6. szunigin 1(esze3) en-nu-da tusz?-a
7. szunigin 1(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) gur
8. dub-sar erin2-na
9. szunigin 1(bur3) GAN2 3(asz) gur
10. dub-sar a-sza3 erin2-na
11. szunigin 7(disz) engar gesz-i3 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
12. szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) aga3-us2 sanga 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) gur-ta
13. szunigin 1(disz) aga3-us2 sanga 1(bur3) GAN2 [...] gur
  rest broken
column 5'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] gur
2'. [...] lunga [...]-ta
3'. [...] 2(asz) gur
4'. [...] ab#-ba-iri
5'. [...] 2(asz) gur
6'. [...]-szesz?-inim-ma
7'. [...] muhaldim lugal
8'. [...] sagi lugal
9'. [...] 1(asz) gur lu2 x [...] ur-e2
  blank space
10'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CUSAS 16, 3

    [Garfinkle2010CUSAS16] Garfinkle, Steven J., Herbert Sauren, and Marc Van De Mieroop. 2010. Ur III Tablets from the Columbia University Libraries. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 16. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CULC 313
  • Accession No.: 09.35

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-08-24 at 12:01:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:52:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-07-19 at 16:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-03-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 16, 003 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2011. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416162.
CUSAS 16, 003 artifact entry (No. P416162). (2011, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416162
CUSAS 16, 003 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416162 (Accessed: September 14, 2024).
@misc{2011CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-09-14]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {CUSAS 16, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416162},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P416162},
}


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ID  - P416162
LB  - CDLI:P416162
M1  - 2024/9/14/
TI  - CUSAS 16, 003 artifact entry
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