Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 (P107409)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA

Museum Number

BSNS C05183

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
1. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) u8
2. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2
3. gub-ba-am3
4. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) u8
5. 5(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2
6. ri-ri-ga mu-da sa2-a
7. la2-ia3 7(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) u8
8. 4(gesz2) 1(u) udu-nita2
9. la2-ia3-am3 kusz ib2-tuku
10. kusz-bi 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz)
11. mu-kux(DU)
12. la2-ia3 1(gesz2) 5(u) sila4 gub u8
13. 1(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) sila4 gub udu-nita2
reverse
1. [...] 3(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz)
2. [...] kusz# nu-tuku
  blank space
3. [...] gada
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [...]
7. [iti ...]-x
8. [mu ...] lugal# [...]-x{ki#} mu-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107409

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) Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
Museum Number BSNS C05183
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 004061

References

  • primary: Buffalo SNS 11/2, 138 07

    [Hussey1915Buffalo] Hussey, Mary I. 1915. “Babylonian Tablets in the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences,” Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 11 (2).

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-29 at 19:09:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2014-06-06 at 15:20:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:55:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:35 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107409.
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 artifact entry (No. P107409). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107409 (Original work published 2001)
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107409 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107409.
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 artifact entry (No. P107409). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107409 (Original work published 2001)
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 138 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107409 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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