TUT 278 (P135872)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 02471

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 [szar3] 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na-[ta]
2. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2
3. 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2 3(disz) ma#-[na]
4. 1(disz) tug2 kin?-NE# [...]
5. 7(disz) [...]
reverse
1. [...] ga [...]
2. szu ba-ti
3. ki szabra-ta
4. sza3 dub-ba gar-gar-a
  some text moved to next line
5. iti munu4-gu7-ta
6. sza3
  some text moved to next line
7. iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 7(disz) mu-gal2
8. mu kar2-har{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.24.05.00 to Šulgi.24.11.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135872

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 02471
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000649

References

  • primary: TUT, 278

    [Reisner1901TUT] Reisner, George A. 1901. Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh. Vol. 16. Mittheilungen Aus Den Orientalischen Sammlungen. Berlin : W. Spemann.

  • history: SVS 1/1, 278

    [Pettinato1985SVS1/1] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1985. G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh: Testi. Vol. 1/1. Studi per Il Vocabolario Sumerico.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:32:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-12-17 at 16:48:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:44 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 278 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135872.
TUT 278 artifact entry (No. P135872). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135872 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 278 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135872 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135872},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135872},
}


TY  - ELEC
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ID  - P135872
LB  - CDLI:P135872
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - TUT 278 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135872
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 278 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135872.
TUT 278 artifact entry (No. P135872). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135872 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 278 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135872 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135872},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135872},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135872
LB  - CDLI:P135872
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - TUT 278 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135872
ER  -
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