LB 0242 (P388776)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 0242

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. 3(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) kasz [...]
3. lugal-ti-da sukkal
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
6. e-lu-ra-bi2 lu2-[...]
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. [n] gin2 i3-gesz
2. [x]-gu-x-x [...]
3. [x] sila3 kasz 2(disz)? sila3 ninda
4. 4(disz)? gin2 i3-gesz
5. ku3-{d}nanna sukkal#
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5
7. [...] x ba-x

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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P388776

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 173608

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-10-17 at 09:13:02 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 0242 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388776.
LB 0242 artifact entry (No. P388776). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388776
LB 0242 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388776 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388776},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388776
LB  - CDLI:P388776
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - LB 0242 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388776
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0242 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388776.
LB 0242 artifact entry (No. P388776). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388776
LB 0242 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388776 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388776},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388776
LB  - CDLI:P388776
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - LB 0242 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388776
ER  - 
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