NYPL 264 (P122802)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

NYPLC 404

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) sze-gesz-i3 gur
2. i3#-ba aga3-us2
3. ugula sa3-si2
4. giri3 dan-ne-ki
5. sze-gesz-i3 karx(GAN2)-har{ki}
reverse
1. ki gu-za-na-ta
2. ba-zi
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) sze#-gesz-i3 gur
2. i3-ba aga3-us2
3. ugula sa3-si2
4. giri3 dan-ne-ki
5. [sze]-gesz#-i3 karx(GAN2)-har{ki}
reverse
1. [ki gu-za-na-ta]
2. [kiszib3 giri3-ni-i3]-sa6
  1 line blank
3. [mu {d}szu-{d}]suen# [lugal uri5{ki}]-ma-ke4 e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka mu-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. giri3-ni-i3-sa6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-ba-ti
4. sza13-dub-ba
5. [ARAD2-zu]

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 46.0 high × 41.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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  • primary: NYPL, 264

    [Sauren1978NYPL] Sauren, Herbert. 1978. Les Tablettes Cunéiformes de l’époque d’Ur Des Collections de La New York Public Library. Publications de l’Institut Orientaliste de Louvain 19. Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.05.08

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: AOS 32, P04

    [Oppenheim1948] Oppenheim, A. Leo. 1948. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets of the Wilberforce Eames Babylonian Collection in the New York Public Library : Tablets of the Time of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Vol. 32. American Oriental Series. New Haven : American Oriental Society.

  • history: Widell, UCU, 21)

    [Widell2003] Widell, Magnus. 2003. The Administrative and Economic Ur III Texts from the City of Ur. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.

  • citation: JAOS 102 (pp. 639-644), 639-644

    [Michalowski1982JAOS102] Michalowski, Piotr. 1982. “Review: On Editing Ur III Economic Texts.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 102 (4): 639–44.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NYPLC 404
  • Accession No.: Eames P04

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-15 at 09:28:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-23 at 15:34:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 17:03:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 17:01:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:44 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-01-10 at 17:09:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:36 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005938 (composite) (P458648) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NYPL 264 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122802.
NYPL 264 artifact entry (No. P122802). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122802 (Original work published 2001)
NYPL 264 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122802 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NYPL 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122802},
}


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