Hermitage 3, 023 (P212224)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 14959

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
  (enclosed in envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal sze ur5-ra
2. ki sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}-ta
3. mu du-du-sze3
  blank space
  seal impression
4. kiszib3 lugal-za3-ge-si
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
2. giri3 x x x
  blank space
  seal impression
3. mu {d}amar#-{d}suen# lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-za3-ge-si
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-ba-a

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):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P212224

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Museum Number Erm 14959
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 059381

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-07-10 at 19:20:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2002-07-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Koslova, Natalya V. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 023 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P212224.
Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry (No. P212224). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212224
Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212224 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P212224
LB  - CDLI:P212224
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212224
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Hermitage 3, 023 Artifact Entry.” 2002. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2002. https://cdli.earth/P212224.
Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry (No. P212224). (2002, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212224
Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry (2002) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212224 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2002Hermitage,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2002},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2002/7/16/
PY  - 2002
ID  - P212224
LB  - CDLI:P212224
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - Hermitage 3, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212224
ER  - 
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