HLC 113 (pl. 018) (P109990)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A31780

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

36.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
 en: xxx
3. ur-{d}nansze
 en: xxx
4. dumu na-ba-sa6
 en: xxx
5. u3 lu2-bi-mu
 en: xxx
reverse
1. gu2 i7 nigin6{ki}-<sze3>-du
 en: xxx
2. i3-gal2
 en: xxx
  blank space
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
 en: xxx

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P109990

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 36.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A31780
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000988
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) a90b526c-e627-4902-b4e5-27425bc91587

References

  • primary: HLC, HLC 113 (pl. 018)

    [Barton1905-1914-HLC] Barton, George A. 1905-1914. Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents from the Temple Archives of Telloh. Philadelphia : The John C. Winston Co ; London : Headley Brothers.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 108

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

  • collation: ASJ 2, p.197-224, p. 199

    [Maeda1980HLC] Maeda, Tohru. 1980. “Collation of G. A. Barton, Haverford Library Collection of Cuneiform Tablets or Documents.” Acta Sumerologica 2: 197–224.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-25 at 09:06:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:55 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:43:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:30:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:02:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HLC 113 (Pl. 018) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P109990.
HLC 113 (pl. 018) artifact entry (No. P109990). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109990 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 113 (pl. 018) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109990 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HLC 113 (Pl. 018) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P109990.
HLC 113 (pl. 018) artifact entry (No. P109990). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P109990 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 113 (pl. 018) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P109990 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P109990},
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