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Rochester 231 (P128335)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

MAG 54.58.14

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) dabin lugal
2. a-ki-a lu2 si2-mu-dar{ki}
3. 2(barig) zi3 su-su! lu2 ki-masz{ki}
4. kas4-me dah-hu
5. KU-sze3 ur-sze3? ki {d}suen-illat
reverse
1. ki lugal-inim-gi-na
2. ki ur-{d}ig-alim-ta
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-sar
3. dumu na-mu

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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, 231

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

    Beer and flour

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  • Museum No.: MAG 54.58.14
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:

    was listed as Lagash

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:59:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:49 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 004785 (composite) (P457495) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Rochester 231 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P128335.
Rochester 231 artifact entry (No. P128335). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P128335
Rochester 231 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P128335 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P128335},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P128335},
}


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M1  - 2025/4/20/
TI  - Rochester 231 artifact entry
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