LB 0477 (P388992)

Administrative tag 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 0477

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub#-ba#
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sag-nig2-gur11-ra
en: xxx
3. x x x
en: xxx
4. x [...]
en: xxx
5. x [...]
en: xxx
6. GAN2#? [...]
en: xxx
reverse
1. nam-ha-ni dumu hu-wa-wa
en: xxx
2. ur#-tur dumu lugal-kal-la
en: xxx
blank space
3. i3-gal2
en: xxx
4. al-la ensi2
en: xxx
5. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-an-gan ba-du3
en: xxx

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 (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.40.00.00 (us2 year)
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388992
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388992

Physical information

Artifact type	Tag
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 0477
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	173819

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2021-10-13 at 12:40:16	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 15:18:19	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:29:50	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:18:53	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:05:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-09-04 at 00:44:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-09-01 at 16:30:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-09-01 at 06:45:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2009-07-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tsouparopoulou, Christina	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0477 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388992.

LB 0477 artifact entry (No. P388992). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388992

LB 0477 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388992 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0477 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388992},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388992
LB  - CDLI:P388992
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - LB 0477 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388992
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“LB 0477 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388992.

LB 0477 artifact entry (No. P388992). (2009, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388992

LB 0477 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388992 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2009LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {LB 0477 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388992},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/7/2/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388992
LB  - CDLI:P388992
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - LB 0477 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388992
ER  -