OTR 083 (P123018)

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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Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 253

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. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) sze gur lugal
2. x [...] ri [...] gen-na
3. ki lu2#-[dingir]-ra szabra
reverse
1. ur-ezem-ma
2. mu zabar-dab5#-[sze3]
3. szu ba-ti
4. bala ezem-mah un-su
5. gi4-gi4-de3!?(BA) mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
6. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna <<ki>> ba-hun

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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, 83

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 158

    [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 253
  • Accession No.: 08.19

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
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 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P123018.
OTR 083 artifact entry (No. P123018). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P123018 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 083 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P123018 (Accessed: June 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P123018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P123018},
}


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