Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 (P130485)

Legal tablet excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 043429

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (SI.A-a archive sale of slave)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag nita2
2. nu#-hi-dingir mu-ni-im
3. nig2#-sa10-bi 7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
4. ki# ga!-ri-dingir-ta
5. SI#-A-a in-szi-sa10
6. [nu]-bala-e-de3
7. ga#-ri-dingir
8. mu# lugal-bi in-pa3
9. igi# na-ha-ru-um
10. igi# u3-tul2-ma-ma
11. igi# nu-ur2-i3-li2
12. igi# a-ba-a na-gada#
13. igi# la-ma-ha-ar
reverse
1. igi# a-gu-a dumu ga-ri-dingir
2. igi# ur-{d}nin-sun2
3. igi# lu2-sza-lim
4. igi# dingir-ba-ni
5. dumu#-ni-me
6. [igi] a-gu dumu na-ha-ru-um
7. [igi]-zu-[la]-lum# szitim
8. [igi-ne]-ne#-sze3
9. [sag? gesz]-gi#-na
10. [ib2-ta]-bala#
  blank space
11. [mu {d}i]-bi2-{d#}suen# lugal
seal 1
1. ga-ri2-dingir
2. dumu i-la-hu?-ma?

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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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  • Genre(s): Legal (SI.A-a archive sale of slave)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: Sumer 15 (pp. 5-14), pl. 12 13

    [vanDijk1959Sumer15] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1959. “Textes Divers Du Musée de Bagdad. III.” Sumer 15: 5-14 (pl. 1-15).

  • history: TIM 9, 103

    [vanDijk1976TIM9] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1976. Texts of Varying Content. Texts in the Iraq Museum 9. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: IM 043429
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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: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-07-30 at 19:12:09 Pottorf, Andrew Atf Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-07-21 at 13:25:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:49:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:44 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 002320 (composite) (P455030) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“Sumer 15, Pl. 12 13 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130485.
Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry (No. P130485). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130485 (Original work published 2001)
Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130485 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).
@misc{2024Sumer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130485},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130485},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P130485
LB  - CDLI:P130485
M1  - 2026/1/12/
TI  - Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Sumer 15, Pl. 12 13 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130485.
Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry (No. P130485). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130485 (Original work published 2001)
Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130485 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).
@misc{2024Sumer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130485},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130485},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P130485
LB  - CDLI:P130485
M1  - 2026/1/12/
TI  - Sumer 15, pl. 12 13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130485
ER  - 
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