TUT 089 (P135660)

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 02259

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. 4(ban2) gu4-numun ur-mes
2. 4(ban2) gu4-numun ur-sag-ub3{ki}
3. 4(ban2) gu4-numun ur-zigum-ma
4. 4(ban2) gu4-numun lu2-{d}suen
5. 4(ban2) gu4-numun {d}nin-gir2-su-i3-sa6
6. ugula {d}utu-bar-ra
7. 5(asz) gu4-gesz he2-sa6
8. ugula lu2-dingir-ra
9. 5(disz) gurusz 3(disz) gurusz 2/3(disz) 1(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz) 3(disz) gurusz 1/3(disz) al 5(disz) sar#-ta
10. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz [nig2]-gul 1(u) 2(disz) sar#?
11. 6(disz) gurusz [...]
12. 3(u) gurusz# [...]
13. [...]
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2) gu4-numun [...]
2'. ugula sipa#-[...]
3'. 7(disz) gurusz nig2#-[gul ...]
4'. 4(disz) gurusz nig2-[gul ...]
5'. 5(disz) gurusz nig2-[gul ...]
6'. 5(disz) gurusz nig2-gul# [...]
7'. ugula sipa#-[da-ri2]
8'. 1(u) gurusz nig2-gul [...]
9'. 8(disz) gurusz nig2-gul 1(u) 2(disz) sar#? [...]
left
column 1
1. lu2 hun-ga2 kab2-ku5 {d}nansze-me
2. 6(disz) gurusz u2 1(u) sar sza3-gu4-me
column 2
1. u4 2(u) 3(disz)-[kam]
2. iti [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135660

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 02259
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000437

References

  • primary: TUT, 089

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 89

    [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. 202

    [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 17:00:27 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2021-11-22 at 15:21:17 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:39 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 089 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135660.
TUT 089 artifact entry (No. P135660). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135660 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135660 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135660},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 089 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135660.
TUT 089 artifact entry (No. P135660). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135660 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135660 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135660},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135660
LB  - CDLI:P135660
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - TUT 089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135660
ER  -
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