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TÉL 109 (P133617)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L — ?

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

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) geme2 ba?-usz2
2. a-ru-a {d}ba-ba6
3. 3(disz) e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka
4. nam-erim2-bi ba-ku5#
5. ki lu2-bala-sa6-ga-ta
reverse
1. giri3 ka5-a-mu
2. dub-sar
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-na-du3

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

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: TÉL, 109

[Lambert1968TÉL] Lambert, Maurice, and Charles Virolleaud. 1968. Tablettes Économiques de Lagash (Époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur) Copiées En 1900 Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Cahiers de La Société Asiatique 19. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.
history: RevSem 11 (pp. 76-81), 77 3

[Virolleaud1903RevSem11[2]] Virolleaud, Charles. 1903. “Textes Relatifs Au Culte Des Divinités de Lagash. Textes de Telloh ( 2e Dynastie d’Ur) Appartenant Au Musée de Constantinople,” Revue Sémitique d’Épigraphie et d’Histoire Ancienne, 11: 76–81.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist L — ?
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-17 at 07:19:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:08:13	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:27:57	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (015472) (015472)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“TÉL 109 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P133617.

TÉL 109 artifact entry (No. P133617). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P133617 (Original work published 2001)

TÉL 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P133617 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 17},
	title = {T{\' {E}}{L} 109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P133617},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P133617},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TÉL 109 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P133617.

TÉL 109 artifact entry (No. P133617). (2024, September 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P133617 (Original work published 2001)

TÉL 109 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P133617 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 17},
	title = {T{\' {E}}{L} 109 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P133617},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P133617},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/17/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P133617
LB  - CDLI:P133617
M1  - 2025/12/10/
TI  - TÉL 109 artifact entry
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