JCS 54, 038 08 (P286218)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Irisagrig (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 07263

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Irisagrig (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Turam-ili archive)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. masz2 dam-gar3 i3-tuku
4. ki tu-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
5. dingir-ba-ni dumu qur-da-su
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. igi qur-da-su szesz-a-ni
3. igi el-me-e ku3-dim2
4. igi er3-ra-ba-ni
  blank space
5. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 mu-ne-dim2
envelope
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
3. masz2 dam-gar3 i3-tuku
4. ki tu-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
5. dingir-ba-ni dumu qur-da-su
6. szu ba-ti
7. igi isz-me-dingir szesz-a-ni
reverse
1. igi e-lum-me-e ku3-dim2#
2. igi er3-ra-ba-ni#
3. igi szu-esz18-dar#
  rest broken
seal 1
1. dingir-ba-ni
2. dumu qur-da-su?
3. dam-gar3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Turam-ili archive)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002164 (composite) (P454874) S002164 Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P286218

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Irisagrig (mod. uncertain) [uncertain]
was listed as Kesh (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive Turam-ili
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 07263
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 077539
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-010249
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.7263

References

  • primary: JCS 54, p.29-48, p. 38 8

    [Garfinkle2002Turam-ili] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2002. “Turam-Ili and the Community of Merchants in the Ur III Period.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 54 (1): 29–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360041.

  • history: Private Enterprise, 091

    [Garfinkle2000PrivateEnterprise] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2000. “Private Enterprise in Babylonia at the End of the Third Millennium B.C.”

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 214, NBC 07263

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:41:06 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:58:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:43:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:47:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:39:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:28 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 54, 038 08 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P286218.
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (No. P286218). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286218 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286218 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286218},
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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 54, 038 08 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P286218.
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (No. P286218). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286218 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286218 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {JCS 54, 038 08 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286218},
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