OTR 005 (P122940)

Administrative tag 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

Museum Collection(s)

Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 268

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. sze erin2-e szu ti-a
 en: barley received by the (labor-) troops
3. nig2-ka9 szu su-ba
 en: accounts of barley collected
4. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul-ta
 en: from year: "Anšan was destroyed"
5. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3-sze3
 en: to year: "the wall of the land was built"
6. mu 4(disz)-kam
 en: amounting to 4 years
reverse
1. gu2-un de6-a
 en: taxes delivered
2. mu en eridu{ki}-ta
 en: from year: "the en-priest (was installed) in Eridu"
3. mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3-sze3#
 en: to year after the year: "the wall of the land was built"
4. mu 1(u)-kam
 en: amounting to 10 years
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.28.00.00 to Šulgi.38.00.00 (us2 year)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P122940

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number CULC 268
Accession Number 08.34

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001275

References

  • primary: OTR, 5

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 180

    [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.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 154

    [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
2026-01-20 at 19:45:19 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:31:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:20:27 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:50:54 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:26:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:39 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“OTR 005 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122940.
OTR 005 artifact entry (No. P122940). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122940 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122940 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {OTR 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122940
LB  - CDLI:P122940
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - OTR 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122940
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“OTR 005 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122940.
OTR 005 artifact entry (No. P122940). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122940 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122940 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {OTR 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122940
LB  - CDLI:P122940
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - OTR 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122940
ER  -
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