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

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)

Text

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]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005938 (composite) (P458648) S005938 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P122802

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 46.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number NYPLC 404
Accession Number Eames P04

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 021920
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 4283

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-15 at 09:28:44 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-23 at 15:34:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 17:03:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 17:01:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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 Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-01-10 at 17:09:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:36 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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: May 3, 2026).
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	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NYPL 264 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122802},
}


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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: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NYPL 264 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122802},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122802
LB  - CDLI:P122802
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - NYPL 264 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122802
ER  -
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