OTR 052 (P122987)

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 058

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. szu-esz18-dar lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
6. {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
9. szu-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
11. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
reverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. a-gu-a-ti sukkal
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
6. en-u2-mi-za sukkal
7. tug2-sze3 gen-na
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
9. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
10. nu-ur2-i3-li2 lu2 kas4
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
12. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
13. a-bu-{t,a}du10 sukkal
14. sa-bu-um{ki} gen-na
15. zi-ga u4 2(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
16. iti sze-sag11-ku5

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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, 52

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 250

    [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 058
  • Accession No.: 01.058

  • 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
2015-05-05 at 10:19:16 CDLI Atf CDLI 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 052 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122987.
OTR 052 artifact entry (No. P122987). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122987 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 052 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122987 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 052 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122987},
}


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