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TUT 012 (P135583)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 02210

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. ur-{d}suen gu-[x]
2. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga
3. 4(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 murgu2
4. 1(esze3) GAN2 i7
5. 6(bur3) GAN2 muru13
6. a-sza3 ka-SZE.NAGA
7. 1(bur'u) 6(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga
8. 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 hul-tag
9. 1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 murgu2
10. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 i7
11. a-sza3 ama-dingir-re-ne gaba# pirig-banda3-gin7-du
12. 2(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga igi iri
13. 5(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 iri ki-tusz-da-sal4-la
14. a-sza3 ki-tusz-da-sal4-la
15. 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga
16. 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) GAN2 muru13 su3
17. 3(bur'u) 3(bur3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 hul-tag
18. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 murgu2
19. 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 illu
20. 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 muru13
21. a-sza3 na-gab2-tum
column 2
1. [...]
2. 2(esze3) GAN2 murgu2
3. 2(iku) GAN2 tul2
4. 3(iku) GAN2 e
5. a-sza3 uga2{muszen}-al-la-dub-sar
6. ur-{d}nisaba in-gid2
7. ki ur-{d}lamma dumu lu2-dingir-ra-ta
8. 1(szar2) 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 saga
9. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 hul-tag
10. 7(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 murgu2
11. 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 illu
12. 5(iku) GAN2 [x]
13. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 [x]
14. a-sza3 su3 GAN2 gu#-[la]
15. 4(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 [x]
16. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2 illu
17. a-sza3 za3-bar-nin-gaba# a-sza3 ga-li [(x)]
18. lu2-{d}nin-x-x [i3]-gid2
column 3
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. 1(bur'u) [n GAN2 ...]
4. 1(bur3) 2(iku) [n GAN2 ...]
5. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) [n GAN2 ...]
6. 1(bur'u) 6(bur3) 2(esze3)? [n GAN2 ...]
7. a-sza3 a-sza3 nin#-[a2-zi-da] igi hu-[rim3{ki}]
8. 3(bur'u) [n GAN2 ...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. 1(esze3) 4(iku) tug2-du8
2. 3(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) aga3-us2 1(esze3)-ta
3. 1(u) 1(disz) ug3-IL2 lah5-gu4 1(esze3)-ta
4. 2(esze3) {gesz}szinig-da tusz-a
5. 2(bur3) szandana
6. a-sza3 1(szar'u) 1(bur'u) 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 u3
2. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 du6
3. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 i7
4. 3(bur'u)? 2(iku) GAN2 muru13
5. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6
6. 1(bur'u) 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 iri
7. 1(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 tul2
8. 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 e2-duru5
9. 5(bur'u) 8(bur3) 2(esze3) 2(iku) [n GAN2 ...]
10. i7 u3 gesz [...]
11. tag-tag [...]
12. ugu2 szabra i3-ib2-[gar]
  blank space
  rest broken
left
1. ma?

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TUT, 012

    [Reisner1901TUT] Reisner, George A. 1901. Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh. Vol. 16. Mittheilungen Aus Den Orientalischen Sammlungen. Berlin : W. Spemann.

  • history: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 75 n. 28

    [Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

    (Shulgi 31 ?, comparing to BM 109098)

  • history: SVS 1/1, 12

    [Pettinato1985SVS1/1] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1985. G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh: Testi. Vol. 1/1. Studi per Il Vocabolario Sumerico.

  • collation: OrAnt 13, p.199-210, p. 201

    [Pettinato1974TuT] Pettinato, Giovanni, and Luigi Cagni. 1974. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, I: Collazioni a G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh.” Oriens Antiquus 13: 199–210.

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  • Museum No.: VAT 02210
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2021-11-22 at 10:26:59 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2016-12-19 at 16:46:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-12-01 at 11:29:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:11:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:59:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:37 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
“TUT 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135583.
TUT 012 artifact entry (No. P135583). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135583 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135583 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135583},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135583},
}


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