TÉL 205 (P133717)

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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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

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) gur sze
2. ki ab-ba-kal-la-ta
3. 5(u) gur ki ur-e2-ninnu-ta
4. 7(asz) gur ki ku5-da-mu-ta
5. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) ki nam-zi-tar-ra-ta
6. 5(asz) ki ur-{d}gesz-bar-e3-ta
7. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) ki ur-{d}lamma-ta
8. 1(gesz2) [ki] lu2-[gu]-la-ta
9. 7(asz) ki en-i3-na-kal-la-ta
10. 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
11. 4(asz) 4(barig) ki lu2-nimgir-ta
12. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
13. 4(u) gur ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 ugula kikken-ta
14. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) gur ki ma2-gur8-re-ta
15. 4(asz) gur ki ur-{d}ig-alim-ta
reverse
1. 1(u) 4(asz) gur ki ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. ha-ba-lu5-ge2-ta
3. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
4. ki lugal-sukkal-ta
5. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(asz) 4(barig) ki ur-ama-na-ta
6. 8(gesz2) 4(u) 3(asz) gur
7. sze nig2-gal2-la
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8. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur
9. sag-bi 1(gesz2) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
10. sze 2(asz) zi-ga
11. giri3 lu2-usz-gi-na

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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: TÉL, 205

    [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, 17

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

  • citation: Fs Hirsch = WZKM 86, p.143-150, p. 143

    [Gomi1996difference] Gomi, Tohru. 1996. “On Various Expressions for ‘Difference’ in Neo-Sumerian Texts.” Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 86: 143–50.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:08:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:59 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 205 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P133717.
TÉL 205 artifact entry (No. P133717). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P133717 (Original work published 2001)
TÉL 205 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P133717 (Accessed: July 4, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P133717},
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