LB 0053 (P388617)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

LB 0053

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(disz) gu4 numun GAN2
2. 1(u) la2 1(disz) erin2 ugula lu2-e2-gibil
3. 6(disz) szesz-tab-ba
4. 8(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 ur-sag-ub3{ki}
5. 4(disz) 1(asz) ma2-lah6 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
6. 5(disz) sza3-gu4
7. GAN2-gu4 lu2-me-lam2
8. 4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2 1(disz) gu4 numun diri
9. 1(u) erin2 ugula {d}utu-bar-ra
10. 7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 lugal-uszumgal
11. 8(disz)? he2-dab5 ugula lu2-e2-gibil
12. 3(disz) ma2-lah6 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
13. 1(u) gu4? gu-za-na
14. 3(disz) ASZ ugula nin-a-na
15. 7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 {d}utu-bar-ra
16. GAN2-gu4 lugal-ku3-zu
17. 4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2 2(disz) gu4 numun diri
18. 6(disz)? ma2-lah6 ugula ur-{d}szara2 AN-x
19. 1(u) 4(disz) 1(asz) ugula ka5-a-mu
20. 1(u) 1(disz) ugula gu-u2-mu
reverse
1. ma2-lah5-me
2. 2(disz) szesz-tab-ba
3. 2(disz) lu2 hun-ga2
4. GAN2-gu4 ur-{d}ig-alim
5. 2(disz) gu4 numun GAN2
6. 3(disz) szesz-tab-ba
7. 3(disz) sza3-gu4
8. GAN2-gu4 szesz-kal-la
blank space
9. szu-nigin2 1(u) 4(disz) gu4 numun GAN2
10. szu-nigin2 3(disz) gu4 numun diri
11. szu-nigin2 2(u) 7(disz)? erin2 gu4
12. szu-nigin2 7(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 {d}utu-bar-ra
13. szu-nigin2 1(u) 5(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 szesz-kal-la
14. szu-nigin2 1(u) 1(disz) szesz-tab-ba
15. szu-nigin2 8(disz) sza3-gu4
16. szu-nigin2 5(u) 6(disz) 3(asz) ma2-lah5
17. u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
18. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
19. a-sza3 inim-ma-AN tur

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P388617
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388617

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

Collection(s)	de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands
Museum Number	LB 0053
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	173454

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-10-17 at 08:02:36	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-07-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tsouparopoulou, Christina		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0053 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388617.

LB 0053 artifact entry (No. P388617). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388617

LB 0053 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388617 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388617},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388617},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388617
LB  - CDLI:P388617
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - LB 0053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388617
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0053 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388617.

LB 0053 artifact entry (No. P388617). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388617

LB 0053 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388617 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388617},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388617},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388617
LB  - CDLI:P388617
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - LB 0053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388617
ER  -