Berens 033 (P105744)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Museum Collection(s)

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Museum Number

CBL CT 033

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2#-ak
 en: inspections
3. giri3-se3-ga gu4 apin 1(disz)-kam
 en: personnel of plow oxen ... of
4. e2 {d}szul-gi
 en: the house of Šulgi,
reverse
1. ugula ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
 en: foreman Ur-šugalama
2. u3 al-la
 en: and Alla,
3. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
4. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105744

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 39.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
Museum Number CBL CT 033
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003994

References

  • primary: Berens, 033

    [Pinches1915Berens] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1915. The Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection.

  • history: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 72-73 no. 8

    [Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

    description

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-27 at 13:10:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2016-12-12 at 08:42:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:16:33 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:56 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Berens 033 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105744.
Berens 033 artifact entry (No. P105744). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105744 (Original work published 2001)
Berens 033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105744 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Berens 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105744},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105744},
}


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DA  - 2024/9/27/
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TI  - Berens 033 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“Berens 033 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105744.
Berens 033 artifact entry (No. P105744). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105744 (Original work published 2001)
Berens 033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105744 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2024Berens,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Berens 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105744},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105744},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105744
LB  - CDLI:P105744
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - Berens 033 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105744
ER  -
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