OTR 165 (P123100)

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 250

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. 1(disz) [...]
2. ur-[...]
3. 1(disz) [...]
4. 1(disz) szu-[...]
5. 1(disz) nig2 [...]
6. 1(disz) [...]
7. 1(disz) [...]
8. 1(disz) lu2#-iri-[...]
9. 1(disz) lu2-ur5-[...]
10. 1(disz) ba-mu
11. 1(disz) ur-{d}szara2
12. 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze
13. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
14. 1(disz) lu2-kal-la
15. 1(disz) da-da
reverse
1. 1(disz) ka5-a
  blank space
2. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) tug2 da-ba-tum
3. he2-dab5 {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba-me
4. e2 {d}szul-gi-me
5. ki# lu2#-{d}nin-gir2#-su# dumu# ARAD2#-mu#-ta
  blank space
6. ugula szesz-kal-la#
7. giri3 ur-{d}nansze# dumu x-[...]
  blank space
8. iti ezem-{d}[...]
9. mu {gesz}[gu-za ...]

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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, 165

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

  • history: CUSAS 16, 118

    [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 250
  • Accession No.: 08.16

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:55:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-08-13 at 15:33:44 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 165 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P123100.
OTR 165 artifact entry (No. P123100). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P123100 (Original work published 2001)
OTR 165 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P123100 (Accessed: June 7, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OTR 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P123100},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P123100},
}

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