ITT 2, 03699 (P110974)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 03699

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

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. dub gid2-da
 en: long tablets
3. lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 ugula usz-bar
 en: (of) Lu-igimaše, overseer of the weavers
4. i3-gal2
 en: are here
reverse
1. iti GAN2-masz
 en: from month: "GANmaš"
2. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3-ta
 en: year: "The Amorite wall was erected"
3. iti munu4-gu7
 en: to month: "Malt-feast"
4. mu en {d}inanna ba-a-hun-sze3
 en: year: "The en-priest of Inanna was installed"
5. iti 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz)-kam
 en: that is, 91 months
6. iti diri 2(disz)-am3 sza3-ba
 en: including 2 intercalary months

Textual annotations

#new_text=P110974 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 pisan-dub-ba bisagdubak[filing_basket] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 dub dub[tablet] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 gid2-da gid[long] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 4 lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 Lu'igimasze[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 ugula ugula[overseer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 usz-bar uszbar[weaver] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 7 i3-gal2 ni] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 GAN2-masz GANmasz[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 bad3 bad[wall] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 mar-tu Martu[1] PROPN EN Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 13 ba-du3-ta du[build] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 munu4-gu7 Munugu[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 16 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 en en[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 {d}inanna Inanna[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 19 ba-a-hun-sze3 hun[hire] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 1(gesz2) 1(gesz)[sixty] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 22 3(u) 3(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 1(disz)-kam 1(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 24 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 diri diri[intercalary_month] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 26 2(disz)-am3 2(disz)[one] NUM NU Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 27 sza3-ba szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.04.01.00 to Ibbi-Suen.02.05.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P110974

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number Ist L 03699
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 002057

References

  • primary: ITT 2, 3699

    [Genouillac1910-1911ITT2] Genouillac, Henri de. 1910-1911. Textes de l’époque d’Agadé et de l’époque d’Ur (Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec En 1894). Vol. 2. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello, Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: Fs Owen p.85-93, p. 86

    [Dahl2010naming] Dahl, Jacob L. 2010. “Naming Ur III Years.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 85–93. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • history: TCTI 2, 3699

    [Lafont1996TCTI2] Lafont, Bertrand, and Fatma Yıldız. 1996. Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello Au Musée d’Istanbul Datant de l’époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. II: (ITT II/1, 2544-2819, 3158-4342, 4708-4713). Publications de l’Institut Historique et Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul 77. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 044

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

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
2024-07-04 at 16:34:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-02-03 at 10:17:01 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:18:09 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:32:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:58 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ITT 2, 03699 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110974.
ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry (No. P110974). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110974 (Original work published 2001)
ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110974 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110974},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ITT 2, 03699 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110974.
ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry (No. P110974). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110974 (Original work published 2001)
ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110974 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110974},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110974},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P110974
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M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - ITT 2, 03699 artifact entry
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