TUT 221 (P135815)

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 02456

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
3. be-li2 sukkal
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
6. szu-{d}iszkur sukkal
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
8. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
9. isz?-x-[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) i3#-[gesz id-gur2]
2. lugal-u2-[szim-e]
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) [sila3 ninda]
4. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
5. e-ge sukkal
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
7. 1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
8. i3-ti-a sukkal
9. an-sza-an{ki}-ta u3 nibru{ki}-ta gen-na
left
1. iti sze-il2-la

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TUT, 221

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 221

    [Pettinato1985SVS1/1] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1985. G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh: Testi. Vol. 1/1. Studi per Il Vocabolario Sumerico.

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  • Museum No.: VAT 02456
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:32:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2021-12-09 at 08:51:59 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:41:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:42 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“TUT 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135815.
TUT 221 artifact entry (No. P135815). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135815 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 221 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135815 (Accessed: August 28, 2025).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135815},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135815},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135815
LB  - CDLI:P135815
M1  - 2025/8/28/
TI  - TUT 221 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135815
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“TUT 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135815.
TUT 221 artifact entry (No. P135815). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135815 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 221 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135815 (Accessed: August 28, 2025).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135815},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135815},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135815
LB  - CDLI:P135815
M1  - 2025/8/28/
TI  - TUT 221 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135815
ER  - 
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