HLC 291 (pl. 126) (P110164)

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 A31951

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

37.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. gurum2-ak giri3-se3-ga
 en: inspections of the personnel,
3. geme2 kikken2 ugnim{ki}
 en: female slaves of the mill of the campaign settlement,
reverse
1. [i3]-gal2
 en: are here;
2. mu# [...] ba#-hul
 en: year: “... was destroyed.”

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/P110164

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions 37.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 20.0 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 A31951
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001162
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) 17337bca-8583-4a3a-bcae-01a2d8909de3

References

  • primary: HLC, HLC 291 (pl. 126)

    [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. 072

    [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. 220

    [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
2017-04-18 at 20:36:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:19:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:16:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-06-29 at 19:14:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:58 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:31:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HLC 291 (Pl. 126) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110164.
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (No. P110164). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110164},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“HLC 291 (Pl. 126) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110164.
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (No. P110164). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Original work published 2001)
HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110164 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110164},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110164},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P110164
LB  - CDLI:P110164
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - HLC 291 (pl. 126) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P110164
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