Fs Attinger 039-063 (P432384)

Plan or Drawing tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous, New Jersey, USA

Museum Collection(s)

anonymous, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

JON 040

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

103.0 mm × 76.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1.a. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
1.b. 2(gesz2) 5(disz)#
2.a. 4(u) 3(disz)?
2.b. 1(gesz2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz)
2.c.1. 1(iku) ka-al
2.c.2. 2(esze3) 1/2(iku)? bar ki sumun
  calculation: (43 × 63 1/2)n ÷ 2 = 1365 1/4 sar
3.a. 2(gesz2)#
3.b. [2(gesz2) 3(u)?]
3.c.1. 2(bur3) bar# sze#
3.c.2. 3(bur3) bar ki sumun
3.c.3. [n] ka-al
  calculation: (120 × 150)n ÷ 2 = 9000 sar
4.a. 1(gesz2)
4.b. 1(gesz2) 3(u)
4.c.1. [1(bur3) 1/2(iku) bar ki sumun]
4.c.2. 1(esze3) 2(iku) [bar sze]
4.c.3. 1/2(iku) ka-al
  calculation: (60 × 90)n ÷ 2 = 5400 sar
5.a. 1(gesz2)
5.b.1. 1(gesz2) 3(u)
5.b.2. [3gesz2)]
5.c.1. 3(bur3) bar ki sumun
5.c.2. 1/2(iku) ka-al
5.c.3. 1(bur3) 1(esze3)# 2(iku) 1/2(iku)#? bar sze
  calculation: 60n x ((90 + 180) ÷ 2)n = 8100 sar
6.a. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
6.b. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
6.c.1. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) bar ki sumun#
6.c.2. 1/2(iku) ka-al
6.c.3. 1(esze3) 1(iku) bar sze
  calculation: (75 × 100)n ÷ 2 = 3750 sar
7.a. 4(u) 5(disz)
7.b.1. 1(gesz2) 4(u)
7.b.2. 1(gesz2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz)
7.c.1. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) bar ki sumun
7.c.2. 2(esze3) bar sze
7.c.3. 1(iku) ka-al
  calculation: 45n x ((100 + 68 1/2) ÷ 2)n = 3791 1/4 sar
8.a. 1(gesz2)
8.b.1. 1(gesz2) 8(disz) 1/2(disz)
8.b.2. 2(u) 6(disz)
8.c.1. 1(bur3) bar ki sumun
8.c.2. 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/4(iku) bar sze#
8.c.3. 1(iku) ka-al
  calculation: 60n x ((68 1/2 + 26) ÷ 2)n = 2835 sar
9.a. 1(gesz2)
9.b. 2(u) 6(disz)
9.c.1. 1(esze3) 1/2(iku)! 1/4(iku) bar ki sumun#
9.c.2. 1(iku) ka-al
  calculation: (60 × 26)n ÷ 2 = 780 sar
10.a. 1(u) 7(disz)
10.b. 2(u) 4(disz)
10.c. 2(iku) ki
  calculation: (17 × 24)n ÷ 2 = 204 sar
11.a. 5(u) 5(disz)
11.b.1. 1(u) 2(disz)
11.b.2. 1(u)
11.c.1. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) i7
11.c.2. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) e
11.c.3. 1(iku) bar ki sumun
  calculation: 55n x ((12 + 10) ÷ 2)n = 605 sar
12.a. 1(gesz2)
12.b.1. 1(u)
12.b.2. 1(u)
12.c.1. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) i7
12.c.2. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) e
  calculation: 60n x ((10 + 10) ÷ 2)n = 600 sar
13.a. 1(gesz2)#
13.b.1. 1(u)
13.b.2. 8(disz)#
13.c.1. 4(iku) i7
13.c.2. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) e
  calculation: 60n x ((10 + 8) ÷ 2)n = 540 sar
14.a. 1(gesz2)
14.b.1. 8(disz)#
14.b.2. 8(disz)
14.c.1. 4(iku) 1/4(iku) i7
14.c.2. 1/2(iku) du6
  calculation: 60n x ((8 + 8) ÷ 2)n = 480 sar
15.a. 1(gesz2)
15.b.1. 8(disz)
15.b.2. 8(disz)
15.c. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) i7#
  calculation: 60n x ((8 + 8) ÷ 2)n = 480 sar
16.a. 1(gesz2)
16.b.1. 8(disz)
16.b.2. 1(u)
16.c.1. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) i7
16.c.2. [1(iku)] e
  calculation: 60n x ((8 + 10) ÷ 2)n = 540 sar
17.a. 1(gesz2)
17.b.1. 1(u)
17.b.2. 2(u)
17.c.1. 1(esze3) 3(iku) i7
17.c.2. [1(iku)] e
  calculation: 60n x ((10 + 20) ÷ 2)n = 900 sar
18.a.1. 2(u) 1(disz)
18.a.2. 1(u) 9(disz)
18.b.1. 2(u)
18.b.2. 2(u)
18.c.1. 1(iku) e
18.c.2. 3(iku) bar sze
  calculation: ((21 + 19) ÷ 2)n x ((20 + 20) ÷ 2)n = 400 sar
19.a. 2(u) 1(disz)
19.b. 2(u)#
19.c. 2(iku) bar sze
  calculation: (21 × 20)n ÷ 2 = 210 sar
20.a.1. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz)
  calculation: 75 + 45 + 60 + 60 + 17 = 257
20.a.2. 8(gesz2)# [1(u) 7(disz)?]
  calculation: 257 + 60 + 60 + 120 = 497
20.b.1. 7(gesz2) 1(u) 9(disz)
  calculation: 24 + 55 + 60 + 60 + 60 + 60 + 60 + 60 = 439; 125 + 150 + 180 = 455
  calculation: ((257 + 510) ÷ 2)n x ((439 + 455) ÷ 2)n = 171245 sar = 1712.45 - 2 = 1710.45 iku = 95 bur3 0.45 iku
  calculation:
  calculation (19.c.1-3.a): 456 1/4 + 614 1/4 + 637 1/2 = 1708 iku (- 2 =) 1706 iku
  calculation (19.c.1-3.b): 466 1/4 + 592 3/4 + 559 = 1623 1/4 iku (- 2 =) 1621 1/4 iku
20.c.1.a. 2(bur'u) 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2
20.c.1.b. 2(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
  calculation: 257 × 139(?) = 35723 sar = 19 bur3 15.23 iku
  calculation: 257 x ((180 + 139) ÷ 2 =) 159.5(?) = 40991.5 sar = 22 bur3 13.915 iku
  calculation: 257 × 180(?) = 46260 sar = 25 bur3 12.6 iku
20.c.2.a. 3(bur'u)# 4(bur3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku)# GAN2
20.c.2.b. 3(bur'u) 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
  calculation: 377 × 150(?) = 56550 sar = 31 bur3 7.5 iku
  calculation: 377 × 165(?) = 62205 sar = 34 bur3 10.05 iku
  calculation: 377 × 180(?) = 67860 sar = 37 bur3 12.6 iku
20.c.3.a. 3(bur'u) 5(bur3)# 1(esze3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku)# GAN2
20.c.3.b. 3(bur'u) 1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2
  calculation: 456 1/4 + 614 1/4 + 637 1/2 = 1708 iku
  calculation: 471 1/4 + 592 1/2 + 559 = 1622 3/4 iku
reverse
1. 2(bur'u)#? 2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 bar
2. 4(bur'u)# 2(bur3)# 5(iku) GAN2 sza3 temen-na
3. 2(iku) [n] GAN2# ki ib2-ta-zi
4. 2(bur'u)#? [n] 3(bur3) GAN2# x sze
5. 1(szar2)# [n] 4(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2# ki# sumun
6. [n] 1(iku) GAN2# hul#-tag#
7. 1(bur3)# 2(esze3)# 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2# i7
8. 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2# e
9. 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2# ka-al
10. 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2# du6
11. 1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2# murgu2
  blank space
12. szunigin 1(szar2)# 5(bur'u)# [3(bur3) 3(iku)] GAN2
13. a#-sza3# x-[...] ensi2#-ka
14. an#-x-[...] u3# a#-kal#-la#
15. ib2#-gid2
16. a#-sza3# gid2-da ensi2 adab{ki}-ka
17. giri3# ur#-nigar sa12-du5 lugal-ka
18. mu# gu#-za# {d#}en-lil2 ba-dim2

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P432384

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 103.0 mm × 76.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) anonymous, New Jersey, USA
Museum Number JON 040
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 192145

References

  • primary: Fs Attinger p.39-63

    [Brunke2012Feldplan] Brunke, Hagan. 2012. “Ein Neuer Ur III-Zeitlicher Feldplan.” In Altorientalische Studien Zu Ehren von Pascal Attinger, edited by Catherine Mittermayer and Sabine Ecklin, 39–63. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 256. Fribourg: Academic Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:52:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-12-02 at 09:39:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-12-01 at 14:56:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-12-01 at 14:21:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-10-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Attinger 039-063 Artifact Entry.” 2012. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2012. https://cdli.earth/P432384.
Fs Attinger 039-063 artifact entry (No. P432384). (2012, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P432384
Fs Attinger 039-063 artifact entry (2012) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P432384 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Attinger 039-063 Artifact Entry.” 2012. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2012. https://cdli.earth/P432384.
Fs Attinger 039-063 artifact entry (No. P432384). (2012, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P432384
Fs Attinger 039-063 artifact entry (2012) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P432384 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	month = {oct 2},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P432384},
}


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ID  - P432384
LB  - CDLI:P432384
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - Fs Attinger 039-063 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P432384
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