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

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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 [...]

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

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 02259
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 13:32:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-11-22 at 17:00:27	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2021-11-22 at 15:21:17	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:12:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:28:39	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (000437) (000437)

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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: February 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	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: February 10, 2026).

@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	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  - 2026/2/10/
TI  - TUT 089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135660
ER  -