TUT 043 (P135614)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 02242

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
column 1
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column 2
1. 3(u) 4(asz@c) ansze
2. 3(u@c) dur3
3. 1(u@c) dur3 su-ga
4. szunigin#? 1(gesz2@c) dur3 su-ga sag ansze-sze3
5. [x] 3(asz@c) dur3 sag ansze-sze3
6. [x] ansze 3(disz)
7. [x] dur3 2(disz) su-ga
8. [x] dur3
9. [...] x ansze [sag] dur3#-sze3
10. [x] ansze# 1(disz) x? su-ga
11. [x] dur3# 1(disz) [sag x]-sze3
12. [x] dur3# 1(disz) [...] x
  rest broken
column 3
1. szunigin 1(disz) gu4-gesz
2. szunigin 1(disz) gu4 sag ab2-sze3
3. szunigin 1(disz) ab2 1(disz)
4. szunigin 1(disz) gu4 1(disz)
5. e2 {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-sze3
  apin with copy?
7. ur-sag-ub3{ki} i3-dab5
8. zi-ga
9. szunigin 4(disz) ab2-mah2
10. szunigin 1(u) gu4-gesz
11. szunigin 2(disz) ansze
12. szunigin 3(disz) dur3
13. szunigin 2(disz) ansze 2(disz)
14. szunigin 3(disz) dur3 2(disz)
15. szunigin 3(disz) ansze 1(disz)
16. szunigin 1(disz) dur3 1(disz)
17. la2-ia3-am3
18. libir-am3
19. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze
20. szunigin 3(asz@c) dur3 su-ga szabra
21. mu gu4 ri-ri-ga-sze3
22. [x] 2(asz@c) gu4-gesz
23. [x] x x
  rest broken
column 4
1. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
2. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
3. la2-ia3-am3
4. lugal-{gesz}gigir
5. 3(asz@c) ansze
6. 2(asz@c) dur3
7. 1(asz@c) dur3 sag ansze-sze3
8. 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) <<sze3>>
9. 1(asz@c) dur3 2(disz)
10. 1(asz@c) ansze 1(disz)
11. 1(asz@c) ansze amar ga
12. 1(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
13. gub-ba-am3
14. la2-ia3 2(disz) ansze 1(disz)
15. he2-sa6 engar
16. 5(disz) gu4-gesz sza3 dab-ba
17. na-gab2-tum-sze3
18. giri3 si-du3 kuruszda
19. zi-ga
20. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
21. libir-am3
22. 1(asz@c) ansze
23. 1(asz@c) dur3
24. [ki] lu2-{d}inanna engar-ta
25. [x] dur3# sag x-sze3
26. [ki ...] engar-ta
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. [...] amar ga 2(asz@c) dur3# amar ga
2. gub-ba-am3
3. gu4 apin-bi 2(disz)-am3
4. lugal-sza3-la2 engar
5. 6(asz@c) ansze
6. 1(asz@c) dur3
7. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 zi-gum2
8. 1(asz@c) dur3 2(disz)
9. 1(asz@c) dur3 1(disz) sag dur3 2(disz)-sze3
10. 1(asz@c) ansze amar ga
11. 1(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4
12. gub-ba-am3
13. 1(disz) ansze sza3 dab-ba
14. 3(disz) dur3 sza3 dab-ba
15. na-gab2-tum-sze3
16. giri3 si-du3 kuruszda
17. zi-ga
18. la2-ia3 1(disz) dur3
19. lugal-i3-sa6 engar
20. 1(asz@c) ansze
21. 4(asz@c) dur3
22. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 zi-gum2
23. 2(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3 tug2
24. 1(asz@c) ansze 1(disz)
25. 2(asz@c) ansze amar ga
26. 1(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4
27. gub-ba-am3
column 2
1. [n x]-nita2
2. ur-{d}lamma engar
3. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
4. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
5. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
6. gub-ba-am3
7. 1(disz) gu4 2(disz)
8. si-du3 kuruszda
9. zi-ga
10. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
11. libir-am3
12. 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz
13. ki lugal-sipa engar-ta
14. a-ab-ba engar
15. 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2
16. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
17. 1(asz@c) ab2 1(disz)
18. 1(asz@c) gu4 1(disz)
19. gub-ba-am3
20. 1(disz) ab2 szu-gi4
21. si-du3 kuruszda
22. zi-ga
23. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
24. masz-da3 engar
25. 6(asz@c) ansze
26. 2(asz@c) dur3
27. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 zi-gum2
column 3
1. [...] ga
2. [...]-mah2
3. [...] 2(disz)
4. [...]-am3#
5. [...] engar
6. [...] ansze
7. [...]-nita2
8. [...]-x-szu
9. [...]-nita2 zi-gum2
10. [...]-nita2 1(disz) sag ansze 1(disz)-sze3
11. [...] amar ga
12. [...]-am3
13. [...]-na engar
14. [...]-am3
15. [...]-nita2 2(disz) su
16. [...]-dingir-ra nu-banda3-gu4
17. [x] dur3# su-ga engar#? nu-banda3-gu4
18. [x] dur3# su-ga [lugal-za3]-ge-si szabra
19. [mu x] ri-ri-ga-a-sze3
20. [... lugal-za3]-ge-si [...]-nita2 su
21. [...] nu-banda3-gu4 [...] 2(disz)-sze3
  rest broken
column 4
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135614

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 02242
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000391

References

  • primary: TUT, 043

    [Reisner1901TUT] Reisner, George A. 1901. Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh. Vol. 16. Mittheilungen Aus Den Orientalischen Sammlungen. Berlin : W. Spemann.

  • history: SVS 1/1, 43

    [Pettinato1985SVS1/1] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1985. G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh: Testi. Vol. 1/1. Studi per Il Vocabolario Sumerico.

  • collation: OrAnt 13, p.199-210, p. 201

    [Pettinato1974TuT] Pettinato, Giovanni, and Luigi Cagni. 1974. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, I: Collazioni a G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh.” Oriens Antiquus 13: 199–210.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:32:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2021-11-22 at 11:59:04 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2018-01-01 at 10:29:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:11:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:38 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 043 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135614.
TUT 043 artifact entry (No. P135614). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135614 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135614 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135614},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135614},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 043 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135614.
TUT 043 artifact entry (No. P135614). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135614 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135614 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135614},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135614},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - TUT 043 artifact entry
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ER  -
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