CDLI Literary 000320 "Ur III" Catalogue in Yale 1 (P275014)

Literary tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03654

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 0.01.02 "Ur III" Catalogue in Yale (Y1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. dingir szembi2-zi-da dar-a
2. {d}en-lil2-la2 du11#-ga-ni nu-kur2
3. lugal# an ku3-ga me-te-bi
4. lugal {d}en-lil2-ra gub-ba
5. en gu4 banda3{da}
6. sze-er-zi en-da gal
erasure
7. munus zi mi2 du11-ga
8. en su-il2-im
9. ur-sag en husz gal
10. ur-sag en me sza-ra tum2-ma
11. lugal an#-[sza3]-ta# hi-[li] guru3#?
column 2
1. nin me-e he2-du7
2. en inim nun zu
3. {d}szul-gi hi-li su3
4. {d}szul-gi dingir zi
5. en gal-zu an-na
6. lugal-mu hi-li guru3
Ur-Nammu E, line 25; Ur-Nammu F, line 25
7. lugal inim sa6
8. ur-sag sza3 ku3-ta
9. lugal a-ma-ru
10. lugal me-lem4 husz
11. ur-sag ni2 gal guru3
12. en an ki-a
13. lugal u4 gu3 di
14. lugal gesz-tug2 dagal
15. ur-sag szul zi tu-da
16. nin hi-li su3
17. agrig? zi ukken-na
18. uszum husz an-na#
reverse
column 1
1. lugal-me sza3-ta ur-sag-me-en
Šulgi A
2. nin-mu suh za-gin3 za-na gun3-a
3. en me-lem4 su3-su3
blank space
4. szunigin 3(u) 2(disz) en8-du lugal
5. lugal en gal-di an-na
6. sag-me-en ku3
7. ama he2-gal2-la du3-a
8. gu4-e si gar-re
9. nun-ne2 e2 en ku4-ra-ta
10. u4 za-la-ra
11. ur-sag pirig husz uru2 me gal-gal
12. ur-sag sza3-tur3
13. dumu an-na
Luma A
14. sahar ka-a du3-a
column 2
blank space
1. szunigin 1(u) en8-du igi-sze3-am3
2. pa3-da nig2-u2-rum
blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 0.01.02 "Ur III" Catalogue in Yale (Y1))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: JAOS 083, 167-176

[Hallo1963JAOS83] Hallo, William W. 1963. “On the Antiquity of Sumerian Literature.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 83 (2): 167–76.

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Museum No.: YBC 03654
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:52:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2013-06-15 at 10:00:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-11-26 at 10:36:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-04-24 at 19:10:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-04-22 at 18:54:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-017719) (BC-017719)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (.1.2) (.1.2)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (.1.2) (.1.2)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.3654) (YBC.3654)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000320 ‘Ur III’ Catalogue in Yale 1 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P275014.

CDLI Literary 000320 “Ur III” Catalogue in Yale 1 artifact entry (No. P275014). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275014 (Original work published 2005)

CDLI Literary 000320 “Ur III” Catalogue in Yale 1 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275014 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000320 ‘Ur III’ Catalogue in Yale 1 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P275014.

CDLI Literary 000320 “Ur III” Catalogue in Yale 1 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275014 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000320 "{Ur} {III}" {Catalogue} in {Yale} 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275014},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275014},
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