HLC 291 (pl. 126) (P110164)

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

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

Museum Number

OIM A31951

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

37.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 20.0 mm

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak giri3-se3-ga
 en: inspections of the personnel,
3. geme2 kikken2 ugnim{ki}
 en: female slaves of the mill of the campaign settlement,
reverse
1. [i3]-gal2
 en: are here;
2. mu# [...] ba#-hul
 en: year: “... was destroyed.”

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tag
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 37.0 high × 35.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • primary: HLC, HLC 291 (pl. 126)

    [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. 072

    [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. 220

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

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  • Museum No.: OIM A31951
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 09:06:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2017-04-18 at 20:36:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:58 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“HLC 291 (Pl. 126) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110164.
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (No. P110164). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
@misc{2024HLC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110164},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110164},
}


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