SM 1899.02.127 (P405904)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Cite

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1899.02.127

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba SM catalogue: tablet basket tag)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2 ak dib-ba
en: made inventory of those who passed by,
3. e2 ba-gara2
en: xxx
4. e2 uru11{ki}
en: xxx
5. e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
en: xxx
6. u3 e2 {d}inanna
en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-gal2
en: xxx
(erased line)
blank space
3. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
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 SM catalogue: tablet basket tag)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šulgi.42.00.00 ? SH.42/AS.06
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P405904
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P405904

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	46.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	complete; light effacing on upper rev.

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Number	SM 1899.02.127
Accession Number	01505 (SM catalogue: 0458)

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	187818

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2021-10-09 at 10:39:29	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2021-10-07 at 10:04:29	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-05-06 at 08:22:58	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 15:07:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SM 1899.02.127 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P405904.

SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry (No. P405904). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405904

SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405904 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405904},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SM 1899.02.127 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.earth/P405904.

SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry (No. P405904). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405904

SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405904 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2010SM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405904},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2010/6/4/
PY  - 2010
ID  - P405904
LB  - CDLI:P405904
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - SM 1899.02.127 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405904
ER  -