FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 (P227563)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 10507

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. 5(asz@c) lu2 sze-ba 2(barig@c)
2. engar ki-gub-me
3. 6(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
4. dal-muszen-me
5. 1(barig@c) ur-{d}en-ki
6. 1(barig@c) za3-mu
7. 1(barig@c) ur-du6
8. 1(barig@c) lugal-uszur3-ra-nu2
9. lu2 didli-me
10. 2(barig@c) ur-sag
11. gal#-ug3#
12. sze-bi 7(asz@c) gur saggal
13. ur-sag
14. 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
column 2
1. sze-bi 8(asz@c) ur-{d}{sze3}szer7-da
2. 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
3. sze-bi 8(asz@c) 2(barig@c)
4. 1(barig@c) gab2-ra-ni
5. inim-du11
6. 1(u@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
7. sze-bi 5(asz@c) e2-nam
8. 1(u@c) 4(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
9. sze-bi 7(asz@c) szesz-lu2-du10
10. 6(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
11. sze-bi 3(asz@c) e2-me-lam2-su3
12. 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
column 3
1. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
2. sze-bi 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) inim-ma-ni-zi
3. RU-lugal-me
4. 2(u@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
5. sze-bi 1(u@c) amar-ki
6. 1(u@c)# 4(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
7. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
8. sze-bi 7(asz@c) 1(barig@c) dam-dingir-mu
9. aga3-us2-me
10. 6(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
11. sze-bi 3(asz@c) gir2-nun
12. gab2-kas4
13. 2(barig@c) za3-mu
14. 2(barig@c) lugal-mu-da-kusz2 <<2(barig@c)>>
column 4
1. sipa ansze surx(ERIM)-ka-me
2. 2(asz@c) simug 2(barig@c)
3. 2(asz@c) nagar 2(barig@c)
4. 1(asz@c) nagar 1(barig@c)
5. 2(asz@c) aszgab# 2(barig@c)
6. 3(asz@c) ad-kup4 [2(barig@c)]
7. 2(asz@c) tug2-du8 2(barig@c)
8. [1(barig@c)] zadim#
9. [1(barig@c)] szagan-kesz2
10. 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
11. 2(barig@c) ugula
12. ma2-lah5-me
13. 4(asz@c) lu2 tir# 1(barig@c)
14. 1(barig@c) lu2-{gesz}szinig
15. 2(barig@c) U2-U2
16. sanga e2-gal
17. sze-bi 1(u@c) 2(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) gesz-kin-ti <me>
18. 4(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
column 5
1. sze-bi 2(asz@c) sipa szaganx(AMA){sza:gan}-me
2. 1(barig@c) lugal#-usz-sux(MUSZ)
3. 1(barig@c) ur#-[{d}]dumu-zi#
4. sipa# gu4# [tur-tur]-me
5. [2(barig@c)] a2#-ne2#-kur-ra#
6. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2) gab2-ra ni
7. 2(barig@c)# sag-ga2-tuku-a
8. 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) gab2-ra-ni
9. sag-apin-me
10. 1(u@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
11. 2(barig@c) ugula
12. sze-bi 3(asz@c) e2-i3-gara2-su3
13. 1(u@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
14. 2(barig@c) ugula
15. sze-bi# [3(asz@c) u2-du]
column 6
1. 1(barig@c) ur#-[pu6-sag]
2. [1(barig@c) amar-kuara]{ki}
3. [1(barig@c) gir2]-su-ki-du10
4. szu#-ku6 a du10-ga-me
5. 2(barig@c)# nigar-mud
6. [1(asz@c)] gab2#-ra-ni
7. [2(barig@c) en]-DU#
8. 2(barig@c) gab2-ra#-ni
9. 2(barig@c) lugal-da-nu-me-a#
10. sipa udu# [siki]-ka-[me]
11. 4(asz@c) lu2# [2(barig@c)]
12. sze-bi [2(asz@c)] ugula [il2-me]
13. 1(asz@c) [lu2 2(barig@c)]
14. 5(asz@c) [lu2] 1(barig@c)# [2(ban2@c)]
15. [sze-bi 2(asz@c) 4(ban2@c) nu-kiri6-me]
column 7
1. 4(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
2. sze-bi 2(asz@c) ur-szul
3. 2(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
4. 1(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
5. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) amar-ezem
6. 3(asz@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
7. sze-bi 1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) e-ta-e11
8. azlag3-me
9. 2(barig@c) geszgal#-si
10. 2(barig@c) {d}nansze-da-nu#-me-a
11. ugula# ki siki-ka-me
12. 4(asz@c)# lu2 2(barig@c)
13. sze-bi 2(asz@c) amar-giri16
14. [2(barig@c)] i3-li2#-[be6-li2]
reverse
column 1
1. [lu2 lungax(|BIxNIG2|)-me]
2. 2(barig@c) ur2#-[mud]
3. 2(barig@c) bara2-zi#-sza3-gal2
4. agrig#-me
5. [2(barig@c)] lugal#-[pa]-e3
6. sipa#-szah2
7. [2(barig@c)] en-ig#-gal
8. nu#-banda3
9. [2(barig@c)] ki2-num
10. ka-szagan
11. 2(barig@c) nita-zi
12. sagi#
13. [2(barig@c)] amar#-giri16{ki}
14. muhaldim#
15. [2(barig@c)] en#-uszur3
16. lu2# [e2-nig2-ka]
column 2
1. 2(barig@c)# [ha-ma]-ti#
2. 2(barig@c) sag-{d}nin-gir2-su-da
3. 2(barig@c) szesz-kur-ra
4. 1(barig@c) lugal-mu-da-kusz2
5. muhaldim-me
6. 1(barig@c) {d}nin-gir2-su-lu2-mu
7. sukkal
8. 1(barig@c) ur-du6
9. i3-du8
10. 3(asz@c) gab2-dan6 2(barig@c)
11. 2(barig@c) en-na#-u4-mu
12. 2(barig@c) szesz-tur
13. 2(barig@c) en-DU
14. lu2 igi-nigin2 didli-me
column 3
1. [2(barig@c) ur-{d}]nin-mu2
2. lu2 zi-ga
3. 2(barig@c) ur-dam
4. lu2 esz2-gid2
5. 2(barig@c) a-ba-sa2
6. 2(barig@c) en-bi
7. 2(barig@c) amar-giri16{ki}
8. dub-sar-me
9. 7(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
10. sze-bi 2(asz@c) la2 1(barig@c) i7-mud
11. bahar2-me
12. 2(barig@c) urix(LAK526)
13. gab2-ra udu nig2-gu7-a
column 4
1. szu-nigin2 3(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) lu2 2(barig@c)
2. 7(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
3. 1(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c) lu2 1(barig@c)
column 5
1. gu2-an-sze3 4(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) lu2 sze-ba tur mah-ba
2. [sze]-bi [2(gesz2@c)] la2# 2(barig@c) 4(ban2)# gur saggal#
3. sze-ba lu2 szuku dab5-ba
4. {d}ba-ba6
5. sa6#-sa6
6. dam# URU-KA-gi-na
7. lugal
8. lagasz{ki}-ka
column 6
1. iti ezem-munu4-gu7
2. {d}nin-gir2-su-ka-ka
3. en-ig-gal
4. nu-banda3
5. iri-ku3-ga
6. e-ne-ba
7. sze gub-ba
8. ur-dam
9. lu2 esz2-gid2-ke4
10. e-ta-e3-a-am6 3(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
11. 2(disz@t) ba-am6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P227563

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 10507
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-013474
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.10507

References

  • primary: FAOS 15/2, 118

    [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.

  • history: FAOS 15/2, 118

    [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 Action
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 View
2022-02-17 at 11:35:08 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2017-03-04 at 12:42:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-20 at 15:58:10 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-07 at 08:45:01 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-09-29 at 08:53:42 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2008-10-09 at 16:05:21 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2008-06-15 at 16:35:26 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:36:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227563.
FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry (No. P227563). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227563 (Original work published 2003)
FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227563 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227563},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P227563.
FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry (No. P227563). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227563 (Original work published 2003)
FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227563 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227563},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P227563
LB  - CDLI:P227563
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - FAOS 15/2, p. 645, 118 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227563
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