TUT 215 (P135809)

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 02450

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
3. {d}nanna-kam lu2 kas4
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
6. szu-gid2-da sukkal
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
9. {d}nanna-dalla sukkal
10. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
11. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
reverse
1. {d}suen-ba-ni sukkal
2. 4(ban2) kasz 3(ban2) ninda du8-a lugal
3. 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
4. elam za-ul{ki}-ke4 szu ba-ti
5. giri3 szu-e2-a sukkal
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
7. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2
8. puzur4-{d}szuba3 sukkal
9. an-sza-an{ki}-ta gen-na
10. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135809

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 02450
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000586

References

  • primary: TUT, 215

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 215

    [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. 209

    [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
2016-07-28 at 16:14:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:42 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 215 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135809.
TUT 215 artifact entry (No. P135809). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135809 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 215 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135809 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135809},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 215 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135809.
TUT 215 artifact entry (No. P135809). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135809 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 215 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135809 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135809},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135809
LB  - CDLI:P135809
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - TUT 215 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135809
ER  -
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