TUT 144 (P135717)

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 02376

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) lu2-bulug3-ga2
2. 1(disz) lugal-am-gal
3. dumu du10-ga-me
4. 1(disz) ku5-da-mu
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}nansze
6. dumu na-ba-sa6-me
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}asznan
8. dumu lu2-giri17-zal
9. 1(disz) da-da
10. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
11. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu-ni
12. 1(disz) lu2-pa3-da
13. 1(disz) a2-na-mu dumu lu2-gir2-su{ki}
14. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur szesz-a-ni
15. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma
16. dumu lugal-uszumgal
17. [1(disz) x]-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ma-an-szum2
18. [x] x-du dumu sza3-du10-ga
19. 1(disz) [x]-{d}nin-gir2-su
20. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu nam-mah
21. 1(disz) du11-ga-ni-zi dumu ur-sa6-ga-mu
22. 1(disz) lu2-{d}dumu-zi-da dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
column 2
1. lu2-ba-a dumu [...]
2. 1(disz) lu2-lagasz{ki} [dumu si-du3
3. 1(disz) a-kal-la dumu tul2#-ta#
4. 1(disz) lugal-im-ru-a dumu ma#-an-szum2
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu lugal-sa6-ga
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
8. 1(disz) usz-mu dumu lu2#-du10-ga
9. 1(disz) lugal-ba-ta#-e3# szesz-a-ni
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim# [dumu] dur2#-gu#-za-ni
11. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3#
12. e2-usz-bar-[me]
13. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-[...]
14. 1(disz) ur-{d}[x]
15. dumu lu2-gu-[x]
16. 1(disz) lu2-giri17#-zal#
17. 1(disz) nig2-{d}ba-ba6#
18. dumu ur-{d}nansze
19. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim [x] ma#-x-[x]
20. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la [dumu] pu3-lu5-[lu5]
21. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-mar[{ki}] dumu da-da
22. 1(disz) lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 [dumu] lu2-{d}nin-[...]
23. 1(disz) ur-{d}x-[...]
24. 1(disz) [...]
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. dumu x-[...]
2'. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-[...]
3'. dumu na-x-[x]
4'. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
5'. 1(disz) ba-a-a
6'. 1(disz) lugal-a2-zi-da
7'. szesz lu2-gu-la
8'. 1(disz) lu2-giri17-[zal]
9'. 1(disz) lu2-gi-gun4#-na#
10'. 1(disz) ur-{d}hendur-sag
11'. dumu ur-ba-gara2-me
12'. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma szesz-[a-ni]
13'. 1(disz) lu2-gi-na dumu [...]
14'. 1(disz) ur-usz-gid2-[da]
15'. dumu ur-amar-ku5#
16'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
17'. 1(disz) ur3-re-ba-du7
18'. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-me
19'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim [...]
20'. 1(disz) lu2-gir2-su{ki}
21'. dumu lu2-gir2-nun-me
22'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu [...]
23'. 1(disz) a-kal-la dumu ur-sa6-<ga>-mu
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column 2
blank space
1. n 5(u) 5(disz)
2. lu2 didli-me
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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, 144

[Reisner1901TUT] Reisner, George A. 1901. Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh. Vol. 16. Mittheilungen Aus Den Orientalischen Sammlungen. Berlin : W. Spemann.
history: SVS 1/1, 144

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 02376
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
2021-11-29 at 10:07:22	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2014-12-08 at 08:07:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:12:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:59:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 19:45:00	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	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 (000494) (000494)

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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 144 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135717.

TUT 144 artifact entry (No. P135717). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135717 (Original work published 2001)

TUT 144 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135717 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 144 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135717.

TUT 144 artifact entry (No. P135717). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135717 (Original work published 2001)

TUT 144 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135717 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
}

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