LB 3059 (P210056)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in De Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Museum Collection(s)

de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

Museum Number

LB 3059

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
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] 1(disz) ud5
2'. [...] masz2-nita2
3'. ba#-usz2
4'. mu ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
5'. 4(u) 5(disz) ud5 8(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 gub
6'. 3(u) 3(disz) masz2-nita2 7(disz) masz2 gub
7'. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz)
8'. gub-ba-am3#
9'. 2(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) i3#-nun
10'. 2(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) ga#-ar3
11'. 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na ud5
12'. mu-kux(DU)
13'. 4(u) 5(disz) ud5
14'. 1(u) 8(disz) masz2-nita2
15'. ba-usz2
16'. [la2]-ia3 1(u) {munus}asz2-gar3 gub
17'. [x] 2(disz)# masz2-nita2 1(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
18'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz2) 3(disz) [...]
2'. ba-[usz2]
3'. mu ki-masz{ki} [... hu-ur5]-ti[{ki} ... ba-hul]
4'. ad6? NI [...]
5'. 4(u) 7(disz) ud5 [...]
6'. 5(disz) masz2-nita2# [...]
7'. 1(disz) [...]
8'. gub-ba-[am3]
9'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) [...]
10'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) [...]
11'. 2(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-[na ...]
12'. mu-[kux(DU)]
13'. 1(u) 3(disz) [...]
14'. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 [...]
15'. ba-[usz2]
16'. mu ur-bi2-[lum{ki} ... ba-hul]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(gesz2) 2(u)# [...]
2'. 4(u) 1(disz) udu-nita2# [...]
3'. ba-[usz2]
4'. la2-ia3 1(u) 4(disz) kir11 gub#
5'. 6(disz) udu-nita2 1(u) 4(disz) sila4 gub#
6'. la2-ia3-am3
7'. mu ki-masz[{ki}] u3 hu-ur-[ti{ki} ba-hul]
8'. i3-da-ga
9'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) u8 2(u) 4(disz) kir11 gub#
10'. 3(u) la2 1(disz) udu-nita2 2(u) 4(disz) sila4 gub
11'. 2(disz) masz2-nita2#
12'. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz)
13'. gub-ba-am3
14'. 4(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na u8?!
15'. mu-kux(DU)
16'. 3(u) 7(disz) [...]
  rest broken

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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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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: LB 3059
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.45.00.00, Šulgi.46.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.45.00.00 to Šulgi.46.00.00

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
2011-07-22 at 14:39:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:05 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“LB 3059 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210056.
LB 3059 artifact entry (No. P210056). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210056 (Original work published 2002)
LB 3059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210056 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).
@misc{2023LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {LB 3059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P210056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P210056},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P210056
LB  - CDLI:P210056
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - LB 3059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P210056
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“LB 3059 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210056.
LB 3059 artifact entry (No. P210056). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210056 (Original work published 2002)
LB 3059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210056 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).
@misc{2023LB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {LB 3059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P210056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P210056},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P210056
LB  - CDLI:P210056
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - LB 3059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P210056
ER  -
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