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

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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

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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

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 00020
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.08.00
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Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (005401) (005401)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-002988) (BC-002988)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.20) (NBC.20)
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (1892) (1892)

Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“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: December 16, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UDT 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“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: December 16, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {UDT 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136148},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P136148
M1  - 2025/12/16/
TI  - UDT 020 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136148
ER  -