TÉL 118a (P133630)

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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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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) {gesz}u3-[suh5]
2. a-ma-at
3. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(u) har {gesz}haszhur
4. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) har {gesz}nu-ur2-ma#
5. gesz-ta kusz3 1(u) 5(disz)-ta
6. {gesz}gag-bi 5(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz)#
7. 3(disz) {gesz}mes babbar UD@g
8. 8(gesz2) {gesz}mes babbar us2-bi
9. 3(gesz2) {gesz}mes babbar tur-tur
10. 1(u) 5(disz) {gesz}mes babbar sig
11. 2(u) 5(disz) {gesz}szinig UD@g
12. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) {gesz}pa-ku5 szinig-ka [...]
13. 1(disz) kusz3-ta
14. 2(disz) {gesz}mu-gid2 sze HI

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TÉL, 118a

    [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: Comptabilité, 46

    [Virolleaud1903Comptabilité] Virolleaud, Charles. 1903. Comptabilité Chaldéenne, Époque de La Dynastie Dite Seconde d’Our. Poitiers.

  • history: RevSem. 11 (pp. 180-186), 180 5

    [Virolleaud1903RevSem11] Virolleaud, Charles. 1903. “Di-Tilla,” Revue Sémitique d’Épigraphie et d’Histoire Ancienne, 11: 180–86.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-28 at 15:05:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-17 at 07:18:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-15 at 10:23:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-26 at 15:07:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:08:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“TÉL 118a Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P133630.
TÉL 118a artifact entry (No. P133630). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P133630 (Original work published 2001)
TÉL 118a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P133630 (Accessed: July 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {T{\' {E}}{L} 118a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P133630},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P133630},
}

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