Rochester 227 (P128331)

Administrative tablet excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

AR 58.294 66

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (SI.A-a archive)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dur3-gesz
2. nig2-sa10-ma-sze3
3. ki ik-szu-dum sipa a-bu-um-dingir-ta
4. SI-A-a na-gada
5. in-szi-sa10
6. 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
7. SI-A-a i3-la2
8. ik-szu-dum szu ba-ti
9. a-mu-ur-dingir dub-sar
reverse
1. szesz-kal-la
2. lu2 {gesz}kiri6
3. a-bi2-a-ti ad-kup4
4. nu-ur2-i3-li2 dumu SI-A-um
5. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
6. szu-{d}iszkur dumu i-di3-a
7. sze-ra-zu dumu na-ru-ru-um
8. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
9. mu {na4}na-ru2-<a>-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e mu-na-du3
seal 1
1. a-mur-dingir
2. dub-sar
3. dumu dingir?-[ba-ni?]

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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: Rochester, 227

    [Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Sale of a donkey


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  • Museum No.: AR 58.294 66
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  • Provenience: Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    modern Wilayah ?

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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2013-07-27 at 08:54:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:49 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001813 (composite) (P454523) Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Rochester 227 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128331.
Rochester 227 artifact entry (No. P128331). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128331
Rochester 227 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128331 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128331},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128331},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128331
LB  - CDLI:P128331
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - Rochester 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128331
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Rochester 227 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128331.
Rochester 227 artifact entry (No. P128331). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128331
Rochester 227 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128331 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128331},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128331},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P128331
LB  - CDLI:P128331
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - Rochester 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P128331
ER  - 
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