CTPSM 1, 036 (P499311)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Museum Number

GMII 1455

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
column 1
1. 1(asz) guru7 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. [1(asz)] guru7 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
4. i3-dub
5. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
6. 3(gesz'u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
7. sze gibil
8. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u)#? 5(asz)#? [...]
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [...]
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [x-{d}]nin-gir2#-[su]
17. [...] gur
18. [...] lugal-iri-da
19. [x]-{d}nin-dar-a
20. [...] 2(barig) gur
21. [...]-mah
rest broken
column 2
1. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3
2. kiszib3 ma-ni
3. 4(asz) 3(barig) gur
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}giri3-da [nu]-banda3-gu4
sic not gir16
5. ugula lu2-[...]
6. 2(u) 3(asz) [x x] gur
7. [...]
8. [...]
9. [...]
10. [kiszib3 {d}]utu-mu
11. sze ur5-ra engar nu-banda3-gu4
12. 9(asz) 3(barig) gur
13. kiszib3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu da#-da
14. [x] TUR [...]
15. [sze] ur5-ra erin2-na
16. [iti] mu-szu-du7
17. [x]-{d}nin-gir2-su
18. [...] 3(asz)# 4(barig) gur
19. sze ur5#-ra# [...]
20. [...]
21. [...]
22. [...]
23. [...]
24. [...]
25. 6(asz) [...] gur
26. mu [...]
27. kiszib3 ur-{d}[...]
28. 5(asz) 2(barig) [n gur]
29. kiszib3 lu2-[x ...] KA [...]
rest broken
column 3
1. kiszib3 ba-ad-da-ri2
2. ugu2 ma-ni ga2-ga2-dam
3. 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) gur
4. zi3-KA-sze3
5. mu a-tu-sze3
6. kiszib3 lu2-sa6-ga
7. 1(gesz2) 3(u) gu3-de2-a
8. 1(gesz2) 3(u) gur
9. kiszib3 gu3-de2-a
10. kiszib3 ur-ma-ma szesz
11. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
12. 5(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
13. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu ARAD2-mu
14. 4(asz) 2(barig) gur
15. mu ur-{d}lamma-sze3
16. kiszib3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu da-da
rest broken
column 4
1. 1(barig) [n ... sze gur]
2. sze ur5-[ra ...]
3. nam-ha-ni [dumu] hu-wa-wa#
4. sze zi3-KA#
blank space
5. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz)#? [...] 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# [gur]
6. mu-kux(DU)#
7. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) [x x gur]
blank space
8. i3-dub
9. su#-ga# [...]
10. [n] guru7 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 5(disz) [sila3 gur]
11. 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2)# [gur]
12. sza3-bi-ta
13. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u)#? [n ... gur]
14. kiszib3 ur-{d}x dumu ur-li
15. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) gur
16. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-[ba6] dumu na-[silim]
17. lu2# lunga-me#
18. 3(gesz2) 3(u) gur
19. kiszib3 lu2-giri17-zal ugula kikken2
20. [...] gur
21. [...]-{d}ba-ba6
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-du10-ga
2'. ugu2 ur-{d}nansze ga2-ga2-dam
blank space
3'. [szunigin] 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 9(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
4'. mu-kux(DU)
5'. 4(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) [... gur]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. [...]
9'. [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...] 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) [gur]
12'. sza3-bi-[ta]
13'. 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) [x x] 1(ban2) [gur]
14'. kiszib3 [...]
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
1'. 3(gesz2) [x] 3(u) [... gur]
2'. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-[am3]
3'. kiszib3 ur-[...] dumu na-silim#
4'. giri3 [...]
5'. 5(gesz2) [... gur]
6'. [...] 3(u) [...]
7'. [...] AN [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. 1(u) [...]
2'. sza3-bi-[ta]
3'. 2(gesz'u)#? [... gur]
4'. ki [...]
5'. ur-[...]
6'. x x [...] dumu [...]
7'. giri3 nam#-[ha-ni]
8'. 5(gesz2) [... gur]
9'. kiszib3 lu2-[...]
10'. 5(gesz2) [... gur]
11'. kiszib3 ur-[...]
12'. 5(gesz2) [... gur]
13'. kiszib3 [...]
14'. 5(gesz2)#? 2(u)#? [... gur]
15'. kiszib3 [...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz'u) [... gur]
2'. ma x [...]
3'. 7(gesz2) 3(asz) [... gur]
4'. kiszib3# tuku#
5'. 1(gesz2) gur kiszib3 nu-tuku
6'. ma2# ur-{d}ig-alim
7'. gu3-de2-a dumu ur-{d}utu
8'. ma2-a si-ga
9'. 9(asz)# gur
10'. mu ba-ad-da-ri2-sze3
11'. kiszib3 ur-kisal dumu da-da
12'. [n] 6(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) gur
13'. [kiszib3] in?-ta-e3-a
14'. 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur
15'. kiszib3 ur-{d}[...] nu-{gesz}kiri6
16'. [n] 4(asz) 2(barig) gur
17'. kiszib3# ur-{d}nansze nu-{gesz}kiri6
18'. [n] 1(u) gur
19'. mu ki-tusz-lu2-sze3
rest broken
column 3
beginning broken
1'. kiszib3 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
2'. 1(gesz2) gur
3'. mu lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-sze3
4'. kiszib3 ur-nig2 dumu a-tu
5'. 1(asz) gur
6'. mu lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-sze3
7'. kiszib3 lugal-{d}anzux(|IM.MI|){muszen}
8'. 6(gesz2)# 3(u)# 7(asz)# 1(barig)# 5(ban2)# 6(disz)# sila3 gur
9'. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3
10'. [...] MU#
11'. 6(asz) [... gur]
12'. [...]
13'. [...]
14'. [...]
15'. [...]-kal-la
16'. [...] A
17'. [iti] mu#-szu#-du7
rest broken
column 4
beginning broken
1'. 5(asz) 3(barig) [n gur]
2'. 5(asz) 4(barig) [n gur]
3'. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma [...] NI [...]
4'. sze ur5-ra
5'. ugu2 ur-{d}[... dumu] lu2-du10-ga ga2-ga2-dam
6'. 1(u) 8(asz) kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-am3
7'. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ha-li2-li2
8'. 8(asz) kiszib3 ur-{d}szusz3-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ad-da-mu
9'. 4(asz) [... gur]
10'. [...]
11'. 9(asz) [... gur]
12'. kiszib3-bi 2(disz)-[am3]
13'. kiszib3 ur-{d}[...]
rest broken
column 5
beginning broken
1'. 4(u) gur
2'. sze ar-za-na
3'. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ab-ba iri
blank space
4'. szunigin 2(asz) guru7 4(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
5'. mu-kux(DU)
6'. i3-dub e2-gibil4-le
7'. u3 du6#-du11-ga-[x]-sal4-ta
8'. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) [x] 7(asz) [... gur]
9'. i3-dub
10'. [x] 2(u) [...] gur
11'. diri i3-dub
blank space
12'. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) [gur]
13'. sza3-bi-[ta]
rest broken
column 6
beginning broken
1'. [n] 1(u)#? 4(asz)#? [... gur]
2'. [x] lugal#-igi-husz
3'. [x] lugal#-gu2-gal
4'. [sza3]-gal# udu-sze3
5'. mu-kux(DU)
6'. i3-dub {gesz}balag
7'. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(asz) gur
8'. i3-dub
9'. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 3(barig) 1(ban2) gur
10'. diri i3-dub
11'. szunigin 1(gesz'u)# 6(gesz2)# 2(asz)# 2(barig)# [gur]
12'. sza3-bi-ta
13'. 9(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(asz) gur
14'. kiszib3 lu2-kasz-mu
15'. 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
16'. kiszib3 ur-{d}nansze dumu na-ba-sa6
blank space
17'. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
18'. mu-kux(DU)
19'. i3-dub sukkal-[i3-du8]
blank space
rest broken
column 7
beginning broken
1'. [...] 3(u) [...]
2'. [...]
3'. [...] gur
4'. [...] i3-dub
blank space
5'. [sza3]-bi-ta
6'. [...] gur
7'. [kiszib3]-bi 3(disz)-am3
8. [kiszib3] ma-ni
9'. [...] gur
10'. [kiszib3] nu-tuku
11'. [...] nin-kal-la
12'. [...] 8(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(barig) gur
n lines broken
blank space
13'. [nig2]-ka9-[ak] i3-dub [...]
n lines broken
14'. mu ki-masz{ki} [ba]-hul

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	Šulgi.46.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P499311
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P499311

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)	Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
Museum Number	GMII 1455
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	194522

References

primary: CTPSM 1, 36

[Perlov2014CTPSM1] Perlov, Boris I., and Yuri Savelyev. 2014. Cuneiform Texts in the Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Volume 1: Administrative Texts from Tello from the Ur III Period. Moscow: Paleograph-Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2020-08-01 at 03:57:45	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2019-05-26 at 09:27:38	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-06-25 at 11:31:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-05-19 at 22:01:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-04-02 at 21:59:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-03-13 at 03:53:42	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-03-13 at 03:53:07	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2017-03-10 at 02:37:49	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-11-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CTPSM 1, 036 Artifact Entry.” 2016. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2016. https://cdli.earth/P499311.

CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P499311). (2016, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499311

CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry (2016) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499311 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2016},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499311},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499311},
}

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TI  - CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“CTPSM 1, 036 Artifact Entry.” 2016. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2016. https://cdli.earth/P499311.

CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry (No. P499311). (2016, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499311

CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry (2016) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499311 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

@misc{2016CTPSM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2016},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499311},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499311},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2016/11/4/
PY  - 2016
ID  - P499311
LB  - CDLI:P499311
M1  - 2026/10/21/
TI  - CTPSM 1, 036 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P499311
ER  -