UNT 089 (P141909)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013993

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) tug2 ma tug2 a2-gu4-hu-um 3(disz)-kam us2 e2-ba-an
2. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 du
3. [ki] giri3-ni-i3-sa6-ta
4. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 du
5. ki da-a-da-ta
6. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 du
7. ki {d}utu-ba-e3-ta
8. 1(disz) tug2 a2-gu4-hu-um 3(disz)-kam us2
9. 2(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 du
10. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 gu2-tar
11. ki da-da-mu-ta
12. 2(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 du
reverse
1. 3(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 gu2-tar
2. ki lugal-ab-ba-ta
3. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 gu2-tar
4. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za tab-ba 3(disz)-kam us2
5. 7(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
6. ki lu2-{d}utu-ta
7. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 gu2-tar
8. ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3-ta
  1 line blank
9. tug2# ki-la2 tag-ga
10. di#-ni-li2
11. [szu] ba-ti
12. iti# ezem-{d}li9-si4
13. mu# {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Waetzoldt, UNT, 89

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

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  • Museum No.: BM 013993
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-02, 0093

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.03.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:22:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:58 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
“UNT 089 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P141909.
UNT 089 artifact entry (No. P141909). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P141909 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 089 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P141909 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {UNT 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P141909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P141909},
}

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