RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) (P121373)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Cugnin, L., unlocated

Museum Collection(s)

Cugnin, L., unlocated

Museum Number

BM 088807 & BM 088678 & BM 088742 & Cugnin 018 & Cugnin 019 & Erm 04119 & UM 29-15-951 & UM 29-15-953 & UM 29-15-959 & WML 34.42

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(barig) sze lugal
2. lugal-uszur4
3. dumu ur-e2-an-na
4. 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-dar-a
5. dumu lu2-pa3-da
6. 1(barig) lu2-i3-sa6
7. dumu ur-{d}en-ki
  blank space
8. szunigin 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta
reverse
1. sze-bi 3(barig)
  blank space
2. he2-dab5 e2 {d}nin-dar-a
3. iti GAN2-masz
  blank space
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

20150418 englund: currently 9 identified copies (s. publication history and collection numbers; UM 29-15-953 most likely original, damaged in mold prep)

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121373

Physical information

& numerous cast copies in various collections

Artifact type Tablet
& numerous cast copies in various collections
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Cugnin, L., unlocated
Museum Number BM 088807 & BM 088678 & BM 088742 & Cugnin 018 & Cugnin 019 & Erm 04119 & UM 29-15-951 & UM 29-15-953 & UM 29-15-959 & WML 34.42
Accession Number 1901-02-09, 0395 & 1901-02-09, 0459

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 044948
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.88807
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1901-0209-524

References

  • primary: RA 10 (pp. 41-68), 065 018 etc. (cast copies)

    [Legrain1913RA10] Legrain, Léon. 1913. “Collection Louis Cugnin: Textes Cunéiformes: Catalogue, Transcription et Traduction.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 10: 41–68.

  • history: MVN 20, 136

    [d’Agostino1997MVN20] Agostino, Franco d’. 1997. Testi Amministrativi Della III Dinastia Di Ur Dal Museo Statale Ermitage, San Pietroburgo, Russia. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 20. Roma: Bonsignori Editore.

    (Erm 04119)

  • history: NATN, 675

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: PPAC 5, 1300 (BM 88678)

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

  • history: PPAC 5, 1315 (BM 88742)

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

  • citation: CDLN 2015/010

    [Firth2015CDLN10] Firth, Richard. 2015. “On the ‘Joys of Cooking in Ur III Babylonia.’” Cuneiform Digital Library Notes.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-04-18 at 10:24:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-06-28 at 16:03:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:01 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“RA 010, 065 018 Etc. (Cast Copies) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121373.
RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry (No. P121373). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121373 (Original work published 2001)
RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121373 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121373},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121373
LB  - CDLI:P121373
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121373
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RA 010, 065 018 Etc. (Cast Copies) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121373.
RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry (No. P121373). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121373 (Original work published 2001)
RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121373 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121373},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121373
LB  - CDLI:P121373
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RA 010, 065 018 etc. (cast copies) artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121373
ER  -
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