UDT 020 (P136148)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00020

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(ban2) esir2 E2-A lugal
2. {gi}si {gi}ma-an-sim sze-gesz-i3-ke4 ba-ab-su-ub
  blank space
3. mil-ki-szu-la-a szu ba-ti
4. giri3 lu2-uru11{ki}
5. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur#-[{d}nun]-gal
2. u3 [lugal]-gu2-gal
  blank space
3. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
4. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2
seal 1
1. lugal-gu2-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}lamma
seal 2
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub#-sar#
3. dumu eren-da

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003479 (composite) (P456189) S003479 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005273 (composite) (P457983) S005273 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P136148

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00020
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005401
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002988
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.20
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (i3.MesopOil) 1892

References

  • primary: UDT, 020

    [Nies1920UDT] Nies, James B. 1920. Ur Dynasty Tablets : Texts Chiefly from Tello and Drehem Written during the Reigns of Dungi, Bur-Sin, Gimil-Sin, and Ibi-Sin. Series Assyriologische Bibliothek 25. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 006, NBC 00020

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-12-17 at 10:33:13 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:13:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:01:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:53 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UDT 020 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136148.
UDT 020 artifact entry (No. P136148). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136148 (Original work published 2001)
UDT 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136148 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
@misc{2023UDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UDT 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136148
LB  - CDLI:P136148
M1  - 2026/4/28/
TI  - UDT 020 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136148
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UDT 020 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136148.
UDT 020 artifact entry (No. P136148). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136148 (Original work published 2001)
UDT 020 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136148 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
@misc{2023UDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UDT 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136148
LB  - CDLI:P136148
M1  - 2026/4/28/
TI  - UDT 020 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136148
ER  -
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