Orient 16, 048 33 (P124660)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.060

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(barig)] 4(ban2) a-da-lal3
2. 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}nin-sun2
3. 1(ban2) ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
4. dumu-ni-me
5. 1(barig) 4(ban2) bu-ku-szum
6. 1(ban2) nu-ur2-{d}suen dumu-ni
7. 1(barig) 4(ban2) ki-la-ri2
8. 1(barig) 4(ban2) a2-bi2-lum-ma
9. 1(barig) 4(ban2) szu-i3-li2-a
10. giri3 ki-la-ri2
11. 1(barig) 4(ban2) la-gi-ip
12. 1(barig) 4(ban2) szu-{d}iszkur#
13. ($ blank space $) 2(asz)# [2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3]
14. ka2#? e2-gal-me
15. 1(barig)# lu2-{d}gir16-da
16. 1(barig) ur-pu2-sag!-ga2
17. 3(ban2) [...]-x
18. 3(ban2) [...] szesz-kal-la
19. ($ blank space $) 3(barig)
20. ki {d}en-lil2-la2
column 2
1. 4(ban2) i-pa2-li2-is#
2. 1(barig) sa3-si2
3. 2(ban2) a-hu-wa-qar
4. 2(ban2) ur-zigum-ma
5. 1(ban2) a-da-lal3
6. dumu-ni-me
7. 4(ban2) a-da-lal3
8. 4(ban2) ur-{d}li9-si4
9. 3(ban2) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}
10. 3(ban2) i-din-er3-ra
11. ($ blank space $) 4(barig) [5(ban2)]
12. ki [...]-hi#
13. [lugal-u2]-szim#-e
14. 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}lamma
15. 1(ban2) 5(disz) nin-te
16. dumu-ni-me
17. 1(barig) a-hu-ni
18. ($ blank space $) 3(barig) 3(disz) 5(disz) sila3
19. gu-za-la2-me
20. 1(barig) ba-er
21. 1(barig) a-da-lal3
22. 4(ban2) 5(disz) dumu-ni 3(disz)-a-bi
23. 1(barig) nam-tar-eb-gu-ul
24. 1(barig) {d}szul-gi-u4-su3-sze3
25. 5(ban2) uszumgal
reverse
column 1
1. ($ blank space $) 1(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz)
2. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga
3. szunigin 5(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
blank space
4. szu ti-a
5. 1(barig) ur-sze-il2-la
6. 1(barig) lu2-usz-gi-na
7. 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}saman3 dumu-ni
8. 4(ban2) a-ab-ba-mu
9. ki {d}en-lil2-la2
10. 1(barig) puzur4-ni-a
11. 5(ban2) tab?-kab?
12. 3(ban2) i-din-{d}iszkur
13. 3(ban2) i-szar-be-li2
14. dumu-ni-me
15. 1(barig) ka5-a
16. 1(barig) i-bi2-zu
17. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga
18. 1(barig) 4(ban2) u3-dub-da engar
19. 1(barig) 4(ban2) i3-pa3-da
20. 1(barig) ur-nigar{gar}
21. 5(ban2) dingir-ba
22. 1(barig) 4(ban2) szu-{d}iszkur uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. ka2 e2-gal
blank space
2. szunigin 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
blank space
3. szu nu-ti-a
4. mar-sa [...] e2-a
5. 5(ban2) [en]-ma#-ma
6. 5(ban2) [a]-bi2
7. 5(ban2) a2-bi2-li2
8. 5(ban2) be-li2-ga-szi-id
9. 5(ban2) e-la-[ku]
10. ($ blank space $) 4(barig) 1(ban2)
11. szu nu-ti-a
12. giri3 nu-ur2-{d}suen
blank space
13. szunigin2# 9(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
14. ugula ab-ba-sa6-ga
15. sze-ba iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
16. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 48 33

[Gomi1980Liverpool] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 16: 1–110.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: WML 51.63.060
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.05.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-08-14 at 14:50:55	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Ozaki Tohru	Lafont, Bertrand	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2016-09-03 at 09:22:04	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2016-07-28 at 15:53:32	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2015-06-06 at 07:37:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	approved
2015-06-06 at 07:36:07	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2014-12-10 at 10:59:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:53:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:28:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:24:15	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (022887) (022887)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Orient 16, 048 33 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124660.

Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry (No. P124660). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124660 (Original work published 2001)

Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124660 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2024Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124660},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P124660
LB  - CDLI:P124660
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P124660
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Orient 16, 048 33 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124660.

Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry (No. P124660). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124660 (Original work published 2001)

Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124660 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

@misc{2024Orient,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124660},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P124660
LB  - CDLI:P124660
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - Orient 16, 048 33 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P124660
ER  -