OTR 038 (P122973)

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 052

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. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. ur-dun lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
4. 6(disz) sila3 dabin aga3-us2 lugal-bi
5. esz5-am3 <<hu>> sa-bu-um{ki}-ta gen-na
6. giri3 ur-dun sukkal
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
9. i-di3-i3-lum
10. ur-{gesz}gigir ra2-gaba gen-na
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. nu-ur2-{d}suen
4. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-sze3 gen-na
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
6. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
7. lu2-{d}da-mu
8. ma2 gesz-i3-ka-sze3 gen-na
9. zi-ga u4 8(disz)-kam
10. iti amar-a-a-si

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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, 38

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 244

    [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 052
  • Accession No.: 01.052

  • 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, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2014-08-11 at 15:52:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2012-07-19 at 16:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“OTR 038 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122973.
OTR 038 artifact entry (No. P122973). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122973 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 038 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122973 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122973},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122973},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122973
LB  - CDLI:P122973
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - OTR 038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122973
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“OTR 038 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122973.
OTR 038 artifact entry (No. P122973). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122973 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 038 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122973 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122973},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122973},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122973
LB  - CDLI:P122973
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - OTR 038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122973
ER  - 
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