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

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

Measurements

-

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
  blank space
column 2
  blank space
1. n 5(u) 5(disz)
2. lu2 didli-me
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135717

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 02376
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000494

References

  • 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.

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
2021-11-29 at 10:07:22 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2014-12-08 at 08:07:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:59:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:45:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
	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: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135717},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P135717
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - TUT 144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135717
ER  -
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