OTR 061 (P122996)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 064

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 2(disz) i3 id-gur2
3. szu-esz-dar lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
5. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
6. lu2-{d}nanna sukkal
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
9. il-ma-su sukkal
10. e2 ur-{d}ig-alim-sze3 gen-na
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
12. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
13. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
14. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
15. 1(disz) i3 id-[gur2]
16. lugal-ti# [... mar]-tu#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. 2(disz)# [...]
2'. 1(disz) i3 id#-[gur2]
3'. nu-ur2-su sukkal
4'. a-sza3 mar-tu kur-ba gen-na#
5'. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
6'. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
7'. ur3-re-ba-du7 mar-tu
8'. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
9'. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
10'. ur-{d}nansze mar-tu
11'. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
12'. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
13'. szu-{d}iszkur lu2 kas4
14'. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
15'. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
16'. a-bu-{t,a}du10 lu2 kas4
17'. 1(ban2) kasz 5(disz) sila3 zi3
18'. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
19'. ARAD2-{d}nanna sukkal
20'. ugula usz-bar-sze3 gen-na
left
1. zi-ga u4 1(u)-kam
  some text moved to next line
2. iti sze-il2-la

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P122996

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number CULC 064
Accession Number 01.064

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001331

References

  • primary: OTR, 61

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 256

    [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.

Revisions and credits

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
2016-07-28 at 13:29:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-12-24 at 16:17:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-07-19 at 16:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OTR 061 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122996.
OTR 061 artifact entry (No. P122996). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122996 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 061 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122996 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122996},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122996},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OTR 061 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P122996.
OTR 061 artifact entry (No. P122996). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P122996 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 061 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P122996 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).
@misc{2024OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P122996},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P122996},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P122996
LB  - CDLI:P122996
M1  - 2026/10/21/
TI  - OTR 061 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P122996
ER  -
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