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Kress 008 (P272795)

Administrative tablet excavated in Garšana (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous, Germany

Metadata / catalogue

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

anonymous, Germany

Museum Number

Kress 008

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Garšana (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz)? kusz? udu
2. ki {d}iszkur-illat-ta
3. a-na-ah-i3-li2
4. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
blank space
seal impression
1. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
2. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
seal 1
(practically illegible, restrored from parallels)
1. an-na-ah-i3-li2 aszgab
2. dumu sa2-ba

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

anonymous, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
seal ID uncertain
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Kress 008
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Garšana (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.06.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2016-01-31 at 12:12:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-06-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (172859) (172859)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001974 (composite) (P454684)	Garšana (mod. uncertain)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Kress 008 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P272795.

Kress 008 artifact entry (No. P272795). (2005, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272795

Kress 008 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272795 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2005Kress,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {Kress 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272795},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272795},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/6/20/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P272795
LB  - CDLI:P272795
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - Kress 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P272795
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Kress 008 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P272795.

Kress 008 artifact entry (No. P272795). (2005, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272795

Kress 008 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272795 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

@misc{2005Kress,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {Kress 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272795},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272795},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/6/20/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P272795
LB  - CDLI:P272795
M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - Kress 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P272795
ER  -