OTR 008 (P122943)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 053

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. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 3(disz) gin2 i3
3. a#-da-a ur-{d}ba-ba6 muhaldim-da gen-na
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz 1(disz) gin2 i3-udu
6. kal-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 2(disz) gin2 i3
9. nig2-{d}x x ma2 gesz-i3-sze3 gen-na
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 i3
2. te du3# [...]
3. 3(disz) sila3 [kasz 2(disz) sila3] ninda#
4. 1(disz) gin2# i3#
5. a-bu-[um] szer7#-da?-da [...]{ki} gen-na
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga ur
7. 1(disz) sila3 zi3 giri3
8. zi-ga# u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
9. iti amar-a-a-si

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OTR, 8

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 245

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CULC 053
  • Accession No.: 01.053

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:31:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2014-08-11 at 15:49:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2012-07-19 at 16:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“OTR 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122943.
OTR 008 artifact entry (No. P122943). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122943 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122943 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122943},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122943
LB  - CDLI:P122943
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - OTR 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122943
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“OTR 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122943.
OTR 008 artifact entry (No. P122943). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122943 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122943 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122943},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122943},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122943
LB  - CDLI:P122943
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - OTR 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122943
ER  - 
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