HLC 118 (pl. 096) (P109995)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A31785

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

43.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak si-i3-tum
  note: in the manuscript, sign si is read as BA
 en: accounts of the debits
3. lu2 nig2-dab5 sza3 nigin6-ke4-ne
  note: expected sign {ki} after nigin6 omitted
 en: of the requisitioners inside Nigin
4. u3 nig2-ka9 nig2-e3-a
 en: and accounts of Niŋea
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here
reverse
1. mu {gesz}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: "a throne for Enlil was made"

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/P109995

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A31785
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000993
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) 44611f6a-4a6d-40f2-9c71-7cfa4aac9ebb

References

  • primary: HLC, HLC 118 (pl. 096)

    [Barton1905-1914-HLC] Barton, George A. 1905-1914. Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents from the Temple Archives of Telloh. Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Co ; London : Headley Brothers.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 111

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

  • collation: ASJ 2, p.197-224, p. 212

    [Maeda1980HLC] Maeda, Tohru. 1980. “Collation of G. A. Barton, Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents.” Acta Sumerologica 2: 197–224.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-25 at 09:06:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-16 at 20:17:32 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-10-30 at 16:21:08 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:19:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:55 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:43:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:30:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:37 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

“HLC 118 (Pl. 096) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P109995.
HLC 118 (pl. 096) artifact entry (No. P109995). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109995 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 118 (pl. 096) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109995 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109995},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HLC 118 (Pl. 096) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P109995.
HLC 118 (pl. 096) artifact entry (No. P109995). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109995 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 118 (pl. 096) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109995 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109995},
}


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