NYPL 384 (P122921)

Administrative tablet excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

NYPLC 451

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SI.A-a archive)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

102.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-nita2 puzur4-ha-li2 mu-ni-im
  sic nita2
2. ki a-hu-ni zi3-da
3. SI-A-a dumu dingir-ba-ni
4. in-sa10
5. 8(disz)#? gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
6. 1(disz) u8 bar gal2-la
7. sa10-su
8. SI-A-a i3-la2
9. a-na a-hu-ni
10. igi ga-ri-dingir
11. igi na-ha-ru-um
12. igi puzur4-szu-ni dumu SI-A-um
13. igi dingir-e2
14. igi i3-li2-ki-ib-ri2 dumu lu-lu
reverse
1. igi sipa-si-in nagar#?
2. igi zu-la-lum# gin7?
3. i-szar-pa2-dan simug
4. ku3-bi i3-la2
  blank space
5. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
6. szu-ut ma-ha-ar-szu-nu
7. ni-isz lugal-im
8. it-ma-u3
  blank space
9. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 102.0 high × 47.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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  • primary: NYPL, 384

    [Sauren1978NYPL] Sauren, Herbert. 1978. Les Tablettes Cunéiformes de l’époque d’Ur Des Collections de La New York Public Library. Publications de l’Institut Orientaliste de Louvain 19. Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste.

  • history: SANER 22, 030

    [Crisostomo2019SANER22] Crisostomo, C. Jay. 2019. Translation as Scholarship: Language, Writing, and Bilingual Education in Ancient Babylonia. Vol. 22. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records. Boston.

  • history: CUSAS 22, Text 3

    [Garfinkle2012CUSAS22] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2012. Entrepreneurs and Enterprise in Early Mesopotamia. A Study of Three Archives from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BCE). Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 22. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: AOS 32, TT01

    [Oppenheim1948] Oppenheim, A. Leo. 1948. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets of the Wilberforce Eames Babylonian Collection in the New York Public Library : Tablets of the Time of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Vol. 32. American Oriental Series. New Haven : American Oriental Society.

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 113

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NYPLC 451
  • Accession No.: Eames TT01

  • Provenience: Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    modern Wilayah ?

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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 17:03:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-21 at 17:47:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Lafont, Bertrand Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:52:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:56:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:34:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2007-01-10 at 17:09:39 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:39 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
“NYPL 384 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122921.
NYPL 384 artifact entry (No. P122921). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122921 (Original work published 2001)
NYPL 384 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122921 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
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	month = {jul 4},
	title = {NYPL 384 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122921},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122921},
}


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