RA 074, 046 114 (P128020)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

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Museum Collection(s)

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Museum Number

CBL CT 114

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

38.0 mm × 32.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 3(disz) engar 1(asz) sze gur lugal-ta
2. 2(disz)? dumu-gu4-gur 2(barig)
3. sze-bi 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
4. sze szuku-ra engar e2 {d}szul-gi
reverse
1. sze szuku-ra ensi2
2. i3-dub lu2-{d}ku3-nun-ta
3. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
4. na-ba-sa6-ta?
5. ugula lugal-mudra5
  blank space
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 2(u) 3(disz) engar 1(asz) sze gur-ta
2. 1(disz) dumu-gu4-gur 2(barig)
3. sze-bi 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
  blank space
  seal impression
4. e2 {d}szul-gi-me
5. ugula lugal-mudra5
6. sze szuku-ra ensi2
reverse
1. i3-dub {d}nin-hur-sag
2. lu2-{d}ku3-nun-ta
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
4. kiszib3 na-ba-sa6
5. iti amar-a-a-si
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. na-ba-sa6#
2. dub-sar#
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar#}

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 38.0 high × 32.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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  • primary: RA 74, p.43-59

    [Sollberger1980Dublin] Sollberger, Edmond. 1980. “The Cuneiform Tablets in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 74: 43–59.

  • history: Nisaba 33, 351

    [Ozaki2020Nisaba33] Ozaki, Tohru. 2020. The Lost and the Found Cuneiform Collections Rediscovered. Nisaba 33.

  • history: Amherst, 047

    [Pinches1908Amherst] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1908. The Amherst Tablets : Being an Account of the Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, at Didlington Hall, Norfolk.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBL CT 114
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.10.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-09 at 18:36:33 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-09 at 12:23:12 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-11-08 at 18:43:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2014-07-24 at 14:42:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:58:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003838 (composite) (P456548) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“RA 074, 046 114 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P128020.
RA 074, 046 114 artifact entry (No. P128020). (2023, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128020 (Original work published 2001)
RA 074, 046 114 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128020 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 9},
	title = {RA 074, 046 114 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128020},
}


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