JCS 16, 078 43 (P111940)

Legal tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1904.06.013

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (SM catalogue: legal document about grain? with a guarantor)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

85.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 27.0 mm

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] lugal
2'. [lugal]-inim-gi-na dumu mu
3'. geme2#-{d}ba-ba6 dumu lu2-{d}utu-ka
4'. ha-a-tuku in-du11-ga
5'. u3 gesz x ma-zu
6'. ur-{d}ba-ba6-ke4
7'. lugal-inim-gi-na-ra
8'. igi di-ku5-sze3
9'. in-na-ba
10'. nu-u3-gi4-gi4-da
11'. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
reverse
1. lugal-[inim]-gi-na-ke4
2. geme2#-[{d}ba]-ba6 ba-an-tuku
3. e2 lugal-inim-gi-na-ra
4. ba-na-gi-in
5. ur-{d}lamma dumu kal-la
6. maszkim
  1 line blank
7. [...]-i3-li2 di-ku5
8. [...] sanga# gid2
9. [...] szesz-a-ni
10. [...]-{d}suen
11. [...] x

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 85.0 high × 53.0 wide × 27.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: obv. top broken off; worn. rev.-- top left and bottom left and center broken off.
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  • Genre(s): Legal (SM catalogue: legal document about grain? with a guarantor)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1904.06.013
  • Accession No.: 03662

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 19:15:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:33:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:19 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 16, 078 43 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111940.
JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry (No. P111940). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111940 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111940 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P111940
LB  - CDLI:P111940
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P111940
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 16, 078 43 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111940.
JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry (No. P111940). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111940 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111940 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
@misc{2024JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P111940
LB  - CDLI:P111940
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - JCS 16, 078 43 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P111940
ER  -
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