TCTI 3, 05996 (P501805)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 05996

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P501805
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P501805

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)	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum Number	Ist L 05996
Accession Number

References

primary: TCTI 3, 05996

[LafontTBD] Lafont, Bertrand, Fatma Yıldız, and Kazuya Maekawa. TBD. Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello Au Musée d’Istanbul .

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-24 at 18:14:37	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-08-08 at 14:11:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-08 at 10:54:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-04-15 at 07:21:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-09-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TCTI 3, 05996 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P501805.

TCTI 3, 05996 artifact entry (No. P501805). (2025, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P501805 (Original work published 2017)

TCTI 3, 05996 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P501805 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P501805},
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Cite this Artifacts

“TCTI 3, 05996 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P501805.

TCTI 3, 05996 artifact entry (No. P501805). (2025, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P501805 (Original work published 2017)

TCTI 3, 05996 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P501805 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {TCTI 3, 05996 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P501805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P501805},
}

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