FAOS 15/2, 122 (P227557)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02612

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) igi-nu-du8# sze-ba# 1(barig)
2. [1(barig)] ur#-nu
3. [1(barig)] nigar#-mud
4. [nu]-kiri6#-me
5. [1(barig) ur]-{d#}esz3-[ir]-nun#
6. [1(barig) igi]-dingir-sze3
7. [du3]-a#-ku5-me
8. [sze]-bi# 3(asz@c) [1(asz)] gur# saggal#
9. [dingir]-a#-mu
10. [6(asz@c) igi]-nu#-du8 1(barig@c)
11. [1(barig@c)] puzur4#-[{d}]suen
12. [1(barig@c)] lu2#-{d}[ba]-ba6
13. [du3-a]-ku5#-me
14. [sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(barig) e2-ku4]
column 2
1. 5(asz@c)# [igi]-nu#-du8 1(barig@c)
2. 1(barig) utu-igi-du
3. du3-a-ku5
4. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 1(barig) lugal-e2-ni-sze3
5. 6(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
6. 1(barig) ur-{d}ku3-su3-PA-EL-ga
7. 1(barig) en-uszur3-re2
8. du3-a-ku5-me
9. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(barig) ur-ki
10. 4(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
11. 1(barig) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
12. du3-a-ku5
13. [sze]-bi# [1(asz@c) 1(barig)] en#-[kisal-si]
column 3
1. [igi]-nu#-du8# gesz#-me
2. 1(u@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
3. 1(barig) lugal-asz10-ne2
4. du3-a-ku5
5. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 2(barig) ur-szul
6. 1(u@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c)
7. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ur-{d}ab-u2
8. 8(asz@c) igi-nu-du8 1(barig@c) PAP
9. sze-bi 2(asz@c) e-ta-e11
10. igi#-nu-du8 gesz-kin-ti me#
11. 1(barig) {d}nin-gir2-su-bad3-mu#
12. 1(barig) szu-na#
13. 1(barig) igi-mu-an#-sze3-gal2
column 4
1. 1(barig) amar#-{d}asznan
2. 1(barig) ur-e2-zi-da
3. nita-me
4. 1(barig@c) nin-iri-ni-sze3-nu-kar2-kar2
5. 1(barig@c) geme2-i7-edin-na
6. 1(barig@c) nin-nu-nam-szita
7. 1(barig@c) nin-gil-sa
8. 1(barig@c) nin-sza3-la2-tuku
9. 1(barig@c) geme2-i7-edin-na
10. 2(disz@t)-kam-ma
11. 1(barig@c) geme2-{d}ba-ba6
12. 1(barig@c) uszur3-ra-sa6
13. munus me#
14. [szu]-nigin2 5(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)
15. 8(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
column 5
1. sze-bi 3(asz@c)# 1(barig@c) sag-{d}nin-gir2-su-da
2. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) en-kur-ra-a-ra2-nu2
3. 1(barig@c) gala-tur
4. 1(barig@c) e2-sa6-ga
5. 1(barig@c) {d}mes-an-du-lu2-sa6-ga
6. 1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-igi-du
7. 1(barig@c) lugal-a-ra2-nu2
8. nita-me
9. 1(barig@c) nin-szesz-ra-ki-ag2
10. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
11. 1(barig@c) nin-a-ra2-ti
12. 1(barig@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama#-mu
13. munus#-me
14. szu#-nigin2 1(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)#
column 6
1. 5(asz@c)# [nita] 1(barig@c)#
2. 3(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
3. 1(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
4. sze-bi 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2) en-ku3
5. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}inanna-ur-pa4-pa4
6. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-{d}gaszam
7. nita-me
8. 1(barig@c) pa4-pa4-{d}inanna-da-gal-di
9. 1(barig@c) geme2-tilla2
10. 1(barig@c) sa6-sa6#
11. munus-me
12. szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
13. 3(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
14. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) lugal-sipa
15. 1(barig@c) sipa-iri-da-kusz2
16. 1(barig@c) en-ku3
column 7
1. 1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-tesz2-mu
2. nita-me
3. 1(barig@c) nig2#-banda3{da}
4. 1(barig@c) nin-lu2-mu
5. 1(barig@c) nin-bara2-da-ri2
6. 1(barig@c) nin-masz-e
7. 1(barig@c) e-da#-nam#
8. munus-me
9. szu-nigin2 3(asz@c) nita 1(barig@c)
10. 5(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
11. sze-bi# 2(asz@c) ur-{d#}nin-|MUSZ%MUSZ|-da#-ru
12. il2-me
13. 1(barig@c) ur-du6
14. 1(barig@c) lugal-ga2
15. 1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-tesz2-mu
16. 1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su#-menx(|GA2xEN|)-zi
17. 1(barig@c) sag-mu-ab-tuku
column 8
1. sagi-me
2. 1(barig@c) ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. 1(barig@c)# [{d}]nin#-[gir2-su]-lu2#-mu#
4. muhaldim-me
5. 1(barig@c) lugal-surx(ERIM)-re2-ki#-ag2
6. 1(barig@c) nam-mah-ni
7. sukkal-me
8. 1(barig@c) {d}[nin]-szubur#-ama#-mu#
9. lu2 e2-nig2-ka
10. 1(barig@c) nig2-du7-pa-e3
11. 1(barig@c) nir-an-da-gal2
12. 1(barig@c) szul-{d}en-lil2-le
13. lu2-e2-sza3-ga-me
14. 1(barig@c) e2-mete
column 9
1. 1(barig@c) nin-al-sa6
2. 1(barig@c)# {d}ba-ba6#-lu2-sa6#-ga
3. 1(barig@c) {d}ba-ba6-ama-mu
4. 1(barig@c) bara2#-u4-su3-sze3#
5. ar3-du2 munus#-me
6. nin#-si#-[sa2]
7. 3(ban2@c) dumu-[nita]
8. [1(barig@c)] surx(ERIM)#-[tesz2-mu]
9. lu2 igi-nigin2#
10. 1(barig@c) ur2-ni#
11. 1(barig@c) lugal#-tesz2-mu#
12. lu2 a-kum2-me#
13. 1(barig@c) U2-U2
14. 1(barig@c) lugal-sza3-la2-tuku
15. 1(barig@c) en-da-gal-di
reverse
column 1
1. dub-sar-me
2. 1(barig@c) dingir-al-sa6
3. nita-am6
4. 3(ban2@c) geme2-[du6]
5. munus-am6#
6. szu-i2-me#
7. 1(barig@c) dingir-igi-du#
8. lu2 alan#
9. szu-nigin2# 2(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)#
10. 1(asz@c) nu-siki nita 3(ban2@c)
11. nita-me
12. 5(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
13. 1(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
14. sze-bi 6(asz@c) 3(barig@c) sza3-dub e2-gal
column 2
1. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}en-ki-tesz2-mu
2. szubur!*(SZUL)-da
3. e-da-ti
4. 1(barig) lugal-lagasz{ki}
5. 1(barig) szu-asz3
6. 1(barig) lugal-pirig-tur
7. 1(barig) en-ku4
8. nig2-lu2-nu-tum2-da
9. e-da-se12
10. simug-me
11. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) sipa-lagasz{ki}-e-ki-ag2
12. aszgab
13. 1(barig@c) [ur]-{d}ba#-ba6
14. 1(barig@c) lugal-szu-mah
15. nagar-me
column 3
1. [1(barig@c)] sza3#-nu-gal2
2. ad-kup4
3. 1(barig@c) szul-sza3-kusz2
4. zadim
5. gesz-kin-ti-me
6. 3(ban2) ambar-si
7. 3(ban2) ur-{d}inanna
8. 3(ban2) igi-{d}<ba>-ba6-sze3
9. 3(ban2) nin-uru16-sze3-nu-kar2-kar2
10. nu-siki munus-am6
11. e-da-ti
12. 3(ban2) gub-ba-ni
13. 3(ban2) utu-lu2-mu
14. nita-me
15. 4(ban2@c) nam-szita-mu
16. 2(ban2@c) dumu munus
17. i3-du8-me
18. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) e-ta-e11
19. gab2-ra masz
20. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}nin-gir2-su#-igi-du
column 4
1. [gab2-ra]
2. [e2-nam]
3. [1(barig@c) nig2-gur11]-kur-ra
4. 1(barig@c) sza3-nu-gal2
5. gab2-ra gala-tur
6. sipa szaganx(AMA){sza:gan}-ka-me
7. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) szul-{d}en-lil2-le-su
8. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) {d}ba-ba6-i3-su
9. 1(barig@c) kur-ra-a2-gal2
10. gir2-nun
11. gab2-kas4-da
12. e-da-se12
13. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-esz2-dam
14. [en]-ig-gal#
15. nu-banda3
16. e-da-ti
17. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) lugal-i3?-nun#
column 5
1. [nita-am6]
2. [3(ban2@c) za-na]
3. munus-am6
4. udu nig2-gu7-a ba-su8-ge-esz2
5. U2-U2
6. kuruszda-da
7. e-da-se12
8. 1(barig@c) ur-{d}inanna
9. ma2-lah5
10. 1(barig@c) amar-{d}samanx(|SZE.NUN.SZE3.BU|)#
11. gala
12. 1(barig) KASKAL-ga-ni
13. bahar2
14. szu-nigin2 8(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
15. 1(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) 5(disz@t) lu2 1(barig@c)
16. 5(disz@t) lu2# [3(ban2@c)]
17. nita#-[me]
18. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
19. 2(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
column 6
1. 1(asz@c) sza3-[du10] munus [2(ban2@c)]
2. sze-bi# 5(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) 1(disz@t) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sza3-dub didli
column 7
1. szu-nigin2 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
2. 1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) 1(u) 6(disz@t) lu2 1(barig@c)
3. 1(asz@c) 5(disz@t) lu2 3(ban2@c)
4. nita-me
5. 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) munus 1(barig@c)
6. 1(asz@c) munus 4(ban2@c)
7. 3(asz@c) munus 3(ban2@c)
8. 2(asz@c) sza3-du10 munus 2(ban2@c)
9. munus-me
column 8
1. [gu2-an-sze3 2(gesz2@c)] 4(u@c)# [5(asz@c)] 2(u) 1(disz@t) lu2# sze-ba tur mah-ba
2. [sze]-bi [...] 1(u@c)# 6(asz@c) 2(barig@c)# 6(disz@t) 2(barig)#? 1(ban2) gur saggal#
3. [sze-ba igi]-nu#-[du8] il2# [sza3]-dub# didli
4. [lu2] u2-rum
5. [{d}]ba#-ba6
6. [URU]-KA-gi#-na
7. lugal#
8. lagasz#{ki#}-ke4#
column 9
1. [sze] gub#-ba
2. GAN2# {d}ba-ba6-ka-kam
3. iri-ku3-ta
4. e-ne-ba# 6(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
5. 4(disz@t) ba-am6

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Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced	Urukagina_l.06.04b.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P227557
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P227557

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 02612
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002559
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2612

References

primary: FAOS 15/2, 122

[Selz1993FAOS15/2] Selz, Gebhard J. 1993. Altsumerische Verwaltungstexte Aus Lagaš. Teil 2: Altsumerische Wirtschaftsurkunden Aus Amerikanischen Sammlungen. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 15/2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-02-17 at 11:33:34	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	Approved
2017-03-04 at 12:42:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 14:28:30	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-05-07 at 08:45:00	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-24 at 09:49:37	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-05 at 14:42:06	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-05 at 14:41:26	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2010-01-11 at 17:42:35	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:05:21	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2008-06-16 at 19:02:11	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:36:02	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 15/2, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227557.

FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry (No. P227557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227557 (Original work published 2003)

FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227557 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227557},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 15/2, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227557.

FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry (No. P227557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227557 (Original work published 2003)

FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227557 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

@misc{2023FAOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227557},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227557
LB  - CDLI:P227557
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - FAOS 15/2, 122 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227557
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