UDT 021 (P136149)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 00021

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) dug ga
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 2(u) 2(disz) dug ga
4. ba-ra-gi-in
5. ki a-kal-la szusz3-ta
6. ma2-u4-zal-la
reverse
1. e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
2. giri3 ensi2
3. sza3 nibru{ki}
1 line blank
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
envelope
obverse
1. 3(u) 5(disz) dug ga
2. ki a-kal-la-ta#
3. ma2-u4-zal-la
4. e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
blank space
5. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
reverse
1. sza3 nibru{ki}
blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu# <{d}>amar-{d}suen# [lugal]
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
beginning broken
1'. ARAD2-zu

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 & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: UDT, 021

[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 00021

[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 00021
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.11.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2021-12-17 at 10:35:19	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	Approved
2021-07-28 at 18:15:50	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2020-06-09 at 08:21:49	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2016-03-27 at 02:15:35	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:13:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:01:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:28:53	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (005402) (005402)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-002989) (BC-002989)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.21) (NBC.21)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“UDT 021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136149.

UDT 021 artifact entry (No. P136149). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136149 (Original work published 2001)

UDT 021 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136149 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2023UDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UDT 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136149},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UDT 021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P136149.

UDT 021 artifact entry (No. P136149). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136149 (Original work published 2001)

UDT 021 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136149 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2023UDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {UDT 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136149},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P136149
LB  - CDLI:P136149
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - UDT 021 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136149
ER  -