OTR 004 (P122939)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

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Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 076

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. sze-bi 1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
3. sza3-gal erin2-na-sze3#
4. i3-dub a-sza3 ambar-lagasz{ki#}
5. ki ur-{d}nun-gal-ta
reverse
1. ur-gu-la ugula
2. szu ba-ti
3. nu#-banda3 ku5-da
4. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu si-mu-ur4-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OTR, 4

    [Lau1906OBTR] Lau, Robert J. 1906. Old Babylonian Temple Records. Columbia University Oriental Studies, Vol. 3. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • history: CUSAS 16, 22

    [Garfinkle2010CUSAS16] Garfinkle, Steven J., Herbert Sauren, and Marc Van De Mieroop. 2010. Ur III Tablets from the Columbia University Libraries. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 16. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: CULC 076
  • Accession No.: 01.076

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.11d.00 (intercalated)
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:31:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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
“OTR 004 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122939.
OTR 004 artifact entry (No. P122939). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122939 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122939 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122939},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122939},
}


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