TUT 139 (P135712)

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 02324

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. 1(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu geme2-{d}lamma geme2 kar-ke4
2. 1(disz) ur-ki-gu-la szu-ku6
3. 1(disz) szul-lu5 nu-{gesz}kiri6
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag nar
5. gir2-su{ki}-ta
6. giri3 a-bu-ni
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu geme2-<ba> usz-bar
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 gala
9. 1(disz) lugal-nigin6{ki}-sze3
10. mu lu2-{d}en-ki-sze3
11. ki lugal-pa-e3
12. 1(disz) ab-ba-kal-la aga3-us2 szabra-ta
13. mu {d}utu-ug3-e-sze3
14. ki ur-sa6-ga lu2 lunga
15. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6 e2 ur-{d}utu
16. 1(disz) ba-sa6-ga dumu {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka azlag2
column 2
1. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}nin-mar{ki} dumu
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-mu2
3. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 szesz-a-ni
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a zi3-IL2
  blank space
5. libir-am3
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu {d}nin-mar{ki}-i3-sa6
7. sza3 gurum2-ma
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da azlag2
9. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6 azlag2 dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
10. mu giri3-ni-i3-sa6-sze3
11. ki ur3-re-ba-du7
12. 1(disz) nam-tar-eb2-gu-ul
13. dumu a-tu
14. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu ba-sa6-ga
15. ugula ur-ki-gu-la
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag dumu lu2-{d}ba
2. ki lugal-ezem
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}da-mu ad-kup4
4. ugula lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
6. nu-banda3 ur-{d}nansze
7. 1(disz) {d}na-ru2-a-igi-du muhaldim
8. 1(disz) an-na-bi2-kusz2 e2 {d}nanna
9. giri3-ni-i3-dab5 ARAD2 ur-ab-ba
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 ad-kup4
11. ugula da-da-a-ni
12. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim dam-gar3
13. 1(disz) ku3-{d}nanna dumu uri5{ki}
14. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-mes
15. {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba-me
16. giri3 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
17. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dam-gar3
18. 1(disz) lu2-{d}inanna ad-kup4
19. ugula lu2-dingir-ra
20. 1(disz) nin-ki-ur5-sa6
21. 1(disz) sza3-ga-na geme2
column 2
1. 1(disz) geme2-{d}ba-ba6
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim dumu
3. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 i3-du8
  blank space
4. he2-dab5-me
5. ugula lugal-me-lam2
6. 1(disz) u4-de3-nig2-sa6-ga
7. ugula ur-nigar{gar} dumu lu2-{d}nansze
8. 1(disz) ba-sa6 dam-gar3
9. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
10. ugula ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-sukkal
11. 1(disz) i3-lum-ma ad-kup4
12. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim ad-kup4 ugula lugal-uszumgal
13. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su nagar
  blank space
14. 2(disz) szesz-kal-la szesz-gal
15. 2(disz) iri-ni-ba-ag2
16. 2(disz) ur-{d}iszkur
17. 2(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
18. erin2-me ugula lu2-dingir-ra
  blank space
19. szunigin 3(u) gurusz 2(disz) a2 1/2(disz) 3(disz) geme2
20. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz muhaldim u3 lu2 didli
21. e2 kikken2-a gub-ba
22. sza3 sag-da-na{ki}
23. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
24. iti munu4-gu7
25. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135712

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 02324
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000489

References

  • primary: TUT, 139

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 139

    [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
2024-12-02 at 21:07:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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 16:11:52 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:37:12 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:18 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 139 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135712.
TUT 139 artifact entry (No. P135712). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135712 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 139 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135712 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	title = {TUT 139 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135712},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 139 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135712.
TUT 139 artifact entry (No. P135712). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135712 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 139 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135712 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 139 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135712},
}


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