TUT 127 (P135700)

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 02367

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
1. [...] udu i3
2. [...] udu niga
3. [...] udu u2
4. [...] 2(disz) masz2
5. gub#-ba-am3
6. [x] gu4 ba-usz2
7. [x] masz2 ba-usz2
8. giri3# lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
9. [...] kasz saga gur
10. [...] 2(ban2) kasz du gur
11. [...] nig2-ar3-ra saga
  blank space
12. [...] kasz# dida saga dug 3(ban2)
13. [...] kasz# dida du dug 3(ban2)# kur-ku-du3
14. [...] kasz dida du dug 2(ban2)#
15. giri3# me-ni-szu-[na]
16. giri3# ad-da-mu
17. [...] ninda du gur
18. [...] lu2-bala-sa6-ga
19. [x] ensi2 da-bu-ru-um{ki}
20. [...] ninda du
21. [...] sila3 ninda gesz-asz
22. [... lu2-{d}]igi-ma-sze3
23. [...] x ninda du gur
24. [...] sila3# ninda gesz-asz gur
25. [giri3] u4#-nig2-mu
26. [...] ninda du gur
27. [... {d}nin]-sun2 dub-sar
28. [...] ninda# zi3 gur
column 2
1. x x x [...]
2. ur-{d}lamma [...]
3. 3(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-nun
4. 2(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
5. 3(ban2) ga-ar3-ra
6. 1(barig) 1(ban2) zu2-lum saga
7. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 {gesz}par4 had2
8. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 {gesz}haszhur had2
9. 1(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}gesztin had2
10. nam-zi-tar-ra
11. 2(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
12. 3(asz) 4(ban2) dabin gur
13. la2-ia3 ma2-lah5-e-ne [lu2]-gi-na ka-guru7
14. 2(ban2)# 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 ba-ba saga
15. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda mar-sa TAG
16. 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) ninda gur
17. 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu saga gur
18. 4(barig) 2(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 zi3-gu us2
19. 3(ban2) zi3 a-sag
20. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 zi3 gur#
21. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gu2
22. 4(barig) 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra# [...]
23. 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze# [...]
24. 6(disz) sila3 a [...]
column 3
1. [...] gazx(KUM) [...] zi-bi2-tum
2. 3(disz) sila3 za-ha-din
3. 7(disz) sila3 szum2-sikil
4. 7(disz) sila3 szum2 gaz
5. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ba-ba munu4
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-lu2
7. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ar-za-na
8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu i3-li2-mu
9. 4(u) hal ku6-sze6-ga2
10. lu2-kal-la
11. 3(disz) hal ku6-sze6-ga2
12. du-du dumu x x x [...]
13. 3(u) ad7 [...]
14. {d}nanna-x-[...]
15. 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-[lum gur]
16. 1(asz) 3(barig) {gesz}nu-ur2#-[ma gur]
17. ur-{d}[...]
18. dumu [...]
19. x [...]
  rest broken
column 4
1. 1(disz) la2 1(ban2) ninda [... gur]
2. ki ur-{d}[...-ta]
  blank space
3. sza3 zi-[...]
4. lu2-{d}[...]
  blank space
5. szunigin 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 1(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
6. szunigin 1(asz) [...] ba#-ba saga
7. [szunigin ... ninda] mar#-sa TAG
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] si-du3 [...]
2'. [...] dumu# ma-har-[...]
3'. [...] kasz dida saga dug 3(ban2)
4'. [...] kasz dida du dug kur-ku-du3#
5'. [... kasz] dida du dug 2(ban2)
6'. [...] kasz# saga gur
7'. [...] kasz# du gur
8'. [... nig2-ar3]-ra saga [...]
9'. [...] szu-na [...]
10'. [...] 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
11'. [...] 4(disz) sila3 dabin gur
12'. [...] 4(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga
13'. [...] 3(disz) sila3 sze gur
14'. [...] 6(disz) sila3 ninda gesz-asz gur
15'. [...] 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
16'. [...] lu2#-{d}nin-szubur
17'. [...] 2(u) 2(asz) ninda du gur
18'. kiszib3# lu2-{d}nin-sun2
19'. 3(barig) 3(u) 5(disz)
20'. [...] x HAR ba-an-[...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-gal-la
3'. [...] kur
  rest broken
column 3
  broken
column 4
  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/P135700

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 02367
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000477

References

  • primary: TUT, 127

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 127

    [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. 204

    [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
2021-11-28 at 16:00:34 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2019-11-29 at 16:15:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-12-28 at 09:05:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 127 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135700.
TUT 127 artifact entry (No. P135700). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135700 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 127 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135700 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135700},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 127 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135700.
TUT 127 artifact entry (No. P135700). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135700 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 127 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135700 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135700},
}


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