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ITT 4, 07558 (P217816)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 07558

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz@c)# ma-na ku3-babbar
2. [...] gu3#-de2-a nu-banda3 ebih
3. 1/2(asz@c) mudra5
4. 1/2(asz@c) unux(|GU4.KU|)
5. 1/2(asz@c) ur-kun
6. ugula aga3-us2-me
7. 1(u@c) gin2 lugal-sukkal sa12-du5
8. 1(u@c) lu2-igi ugula
9. 1(u@c) du6-ga2
10. 1(u@c) ur5-bi-sze3 ugula usz-bar
11. [1(u@c)] lugal-me3
12. [1(u@c)] KA-ku3 lunga
reverse
1. [1(u@c)] ab-ba gala
2. [1(u@c)] nimgir-di-de3
3. 1(u@c)# iri-a2-na
4. 1(u@c) szusz3 ab2
5. 1(u@c) ab-ba-iri
6. 1(u@c) szusz3 udu
7. 1(u@c) lu2-gi-na
8. 1(u@c) ur2-ra-an ugula
9. 1(u@c) e2-zi-sza3-gal2
blank space
10. szunigin 5(asz@c) ma-na ku3-babbar
11. ki# {d}szara2-i3-sa6-ta
12. e2#-gal-la ba-kux(KWU147)?
13. [mu] e2 ba-gara2 ba-du3-a

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Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Collections

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
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Related publications

primary: ITT 4, 7558

[Delaporte1912ITT4] Delaporte, Louis. 1912. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Tome 4: Textes de l’époque d’Ur (Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec En 1898 et 1900). Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: AGGT, 166

[Maiocchi2020AGGT] Maiocchi, Massimo, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2020. Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time. Antichistica 27. Venezia: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing.
history: MVN 6, 529

[Pettinato1977MVN6] Pettinato, Giovanni, Hartmut Waetzoldt, and Francesco Pomponio. 1977. Testi Economici Di Lagaš Del Museo Di Istanbul. Parte I: La. 7001-7600. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 6. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
citation: ASJ 10, p.19-35, p. 27

[Maeda1988Ur-Ningirsu] Maeda, Tohru. 1988. “Two Rulers by the Name Ur-Ningirsu in Pre-Ur III Lagash.” Acta Sumerologica 10: 19–35.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist L 07558
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Dates Referenced: Gudea.20.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-03-03 at 09:54:05	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2016-09-21 at 08:58:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2012-08-11 at 18:33:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-19 at 20:03:52	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (020692) (020692)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“ITT 4, 07558 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217816.

ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry (No. P217816). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217816

ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217816 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

@misc{1970ITT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-03]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217816},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217816},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217816
LB  - CDLI:P217816
M1  - 2026/1/3/
TI  - ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217816
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“ITT 4, 07558 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P217816.

ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry (No. P217816). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217816

ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217816 (Accessed: January 3, 2026).

@misc{1970ITT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-03]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217816},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217816},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 1970/1/1/
PY  - 1970
ID  - P217816
LB  - CDLI:P217816
M1  - 2026/1/3/
TI  - ITT 4, 07558 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217816
ER  -