MLC 00676 (P295467)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 00676

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
2. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam
  blank space
3. ur-ku3-nun nar
4. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin
5. a2-ba-ti-li2 sukkal
6. lu2 {gesz}tukul nig2-sur-sze3 DU-me
7. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3
8. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam
9. szu-tur-al dumu nu-banda3
10. mu dumu dab5-ba-sze3 du-ni
11. 2(ban2) kasz 2(disz) dabin
12. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam
reverse
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6 mar-tu
2. lu2 sa-gaz!(GUL) ak-sze3 gen-na
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P295467

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 00676
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 072901
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-000681
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.676

References

  • history: Yale Messenger, 528

    [McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01 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
2015-04-10 at 13:42:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:39:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-04-10 at 08:40:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“MLC 00676 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P295467.
MLC 00676 artifact entry (No. P295467). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295467 (Original work published 2006)
MLC 00676 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295467 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“MLC 00676 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P295467.
MLC 00676 artifact entry (No. P295467). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295467 (Original work published 2006)
MLC 00676 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295467 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P295467},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P295467},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/5/2/
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