JCS 08, 046 (P111896)

Legal tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

KM 89026

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (“di-til-la, account of court proceedings.”)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

83.0 mm × 48.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. di til-la
 en: Completed legal case
2. 1(disz) sza3-szunigin dumu u2-sze3-he2-du unu3
 en: 1 Sza-szunigin son of Uszehedu the herder,
3. ur-{d}nansze dumu ba-szi-sza3-ra-gi-ke4
 en: Ur-Nansze son of Basziszaragi
4. ba-an-tuku
 en: owned.
5. igi di-ku5-ne-sze3
 en: In front of the judges
6. mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz
 en: they swore in the name of the king.
7. ur-{d}ig-alim dumu lu2-mu maszkim
 en: Ur-Igalim son of Lu-mu was the enforcer
8. lu2-{d}szara2
 en: Lu-Szara
9. ur-{d}isztaran
 en: Ur-Isztaran
10. lu2-dingir-ra
 en: Lu-Dingira
reverse
1. di-ku5-bi-me
 en: were the judges.
  blank space
2. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (“di-til-la, account of court proceedings.”)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P111896

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 83.0 mm × 48.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Museum Number KM 89026
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012664

References

  • primary: JCS 08, 046

    [Crawford1954TextsFragments] Crawford, Vaughn E. 1954. “Texts and Fragments (16).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8 (1): 46–46. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359505.

  • history: NG 2, 1 (= UM 26)

    [Falkenstein1956NG2] Falkenstein, Adam. 1956. Die Neusumerische Gerichtsurkunden. Zweiter Teil: Umschrift, Übersetzung Und Kommentar. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 40. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-27 at 15:01:16 Sagittario, Enea Translation Sagittario, Enea Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-12-10 at 10:59:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:33:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:08:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2007-08-12 at 22:19:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:15 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

“JCS 08, 046 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P111896.
JCS 08, 046 artifact entry (No. P111896). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111896
JCS 08, 046 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111896 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2001JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {JCS 08, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111896},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P111896
LB  - CDLI:P111896
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - JCS 08, 046 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 08, 046 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P111896.
JCS 08, 046 artifact entry (No. P111896). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111896
JCS 08, 046 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111896 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2001JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {JCS 08, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111896},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111896},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P111896
LB  - CDLI:P111896
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - JCS 08, 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P111896
ER  -
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