TUT 308 (P135902)

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 02273

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
  beginning broken
1'. e2 {d}nin#-[gir2-su] 2(disz)-a-bi
2'. 1(asz) zi3 sig15 gur
3'. 1(u) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
4'. e2-gibil
5'. 1(asz) zi3 sig15 gur
6'. 1(u) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
7'. e2-muru13
8'. 1(asz) zi3 sig15 gur
9'. 1(u) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
10'. e2-libir
11'. sa2-du11
12'. [... x] 2(barig)# 5(ban2)# zi3 sig15 gur
13'. [...] nig2-ar3-[ra]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 1(disz)#? [...]
2'. 5(disz) sila3 [...] zi3 sig15
3'. sa2-du11# a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4'. 1(u) 5(disz) zi3 sig15
5'. 4(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
6'. nig2-ezem-ma za3-mu-ka
7'. {d}en-lil2 2(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
8'. 1(u) zi3 sig15
9'. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
10'. sa2-du11 a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
11'. [...] zi3 sig15
12'. nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
13'. [...]
14'. e2-gibil {d}nin-hur-sag
15'. [...] zi3 sig15
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [... a-ra2] 1(disz)#-kam
2'. 1(u) 1(disz) zi3 sig15
3'. 2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3#
4'. nig2-ezem-ma e2 {d}szul-pa-e3 6(disz)-ba 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3
5'. {d}szul-pa-e3 e2-gal
6'. 3(disz) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3 sa2-du11
7'. 1(gesz2) 1(u)
8'. [...]
9'. {d}szul-pa-e3 e2 ur-dun
10'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3 sa2-du11
11'. 3(u)
12'. [...] x ur
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. 1(barig) 1(ban2)# zi3 sig15
3'. 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
4'. sa2-du11
5'. 1(barig)# 4(ban2)# zi3 sig15
6'. [...] 3(disz) [...] sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
7'. [x] 2(disz)-a-bi
8'. 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3
9'. e2-gibil {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
10'. 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3 sa2-du11
11'. 1(asz) 1(barig)
12'. e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da# bad3-tibirx(KU)#-[ra{ki?}]
  or bad3-bar#-[ra?]
13'. 3(ban2) zi3# [sig15]
14'. 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra# [imgaga3]
15'. sa2-[du11]
16'. 5(ban2) zi3# [sig15]
17'. 1(ban2) nig2-ar3-[ra imgaga3]
18'. nig2-ezem-ma [...]
19'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. 5(disz) sila3# [...]
2'. 3(ban2) nig2-[ar3-ra imgaga3]
3'. sa2-[du11]
4'. 1(ban2) [...]
5'. 1(ban2) [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. pu2?-x [...]
2'. e2 [...]
3'. u3 [...]
4'. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) x [...]
5'. 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2)# [...]
6'. 1(asz) 3(barig) nig2-[ar3-ra] imgaga3
7'. sa2-du11#
8'. 1(asz) 4(ban2) zi3 sig15 gur
9'. 2(barig) la2 3(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra gur
10'. 2(barig) 4(ban2) imgaga3 gur#
11'. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 imgaga3
2'. ziz2-bi
  rest broken
column 4
  broken
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135902

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 02273
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000679

References

  • primary: TUT, 308

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

  • history: SVS 1/1, 308

    [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. 210

    [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
2021-12-13 at 10:54:42 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:41:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:44 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 308 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135902.
TUT 308 artifact entry (No. P135902). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135902 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 308 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135902 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 308 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135902},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 308 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135902.
TUT 308 artifact entry (No. P135902). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135902 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 308 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135902 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 308 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135902},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135902
LB  - CDLI:P135902
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - TUT 308 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135902
ER  -
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