LB 0039 (P388608)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in De Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

Museum Collection(s)

de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

Museum Number

LB 0039

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(ban2) sze lugal
2. geme2-uru11{ki} nu-dib-ba-ta
3. lu2-du10-ga ugula i3-dab5
4. 3(ban2) ama-kal-la nu-dib-ba-ta
5. dumu an-ne2-si
6. za-al-lum i3-dab5
reverse
  blank space
1. sze-ba geme2-usz-bar
2. iti mu-szu-du7-ta
3. nu-banda3 en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
  blank space
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P388608

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 173444

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-10-17 at 08:02:37 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-07-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Tsouparopoulou, Christina CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0039 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388608.
LB 0039 artifact entry (No. P388608). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388608
LB 0039 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388608 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388608},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388608},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388608
LB  - CDLI:P388608
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - LB 0039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388608
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0039 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388608.
LB 0039 artifact entry (No. P388608). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388608
LB 0039 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388608 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388608},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388608},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388608
LB  - CDLI:P388608
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - LB 0039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388608
ER  - 
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