Cuneiform tablet

Museum number:

9-2648

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090002648

Accession number:

Acc.649

Description:

III UR-Dynasty tablets

Donor:

Alfred Kohlberg

Collection place:

Girsu (ancient city), Iraq

Culture or time period:

Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BC)

Collector:

Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz

Materials:

Clay

Inscription:

obverse 1. 2(asz) sze gur 2. a-sza3 {d}inanna-ta 3. giri3 dingir-sukkal 4. 2(asz) sze gir2-nun SAR munu4 e3 5. 1(asz) e2-ta sze-me-ha{ki} 6. 3(barig) me-luh-ha-ta 7. 2(barig) a-ka-sahar-ta 8. 2(barig) {gesz}tir-gaba-gid2-da-ta 9. 2(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) e2-nam-du-du-ta 10. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 szu-palil reverse blank space erasures 1., SZU+LAGAB, 3(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur 2. sza3-bi-ta 3. 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze kasz ninda gur 4. 1(asz) 1(barig) sze-ba geme2 5. sa2-du11 sze-ba 6. 3(barig) nig2-ezem-sze3 7., SZU+LAGAB, and 2(u) 7(asz) sze gur 8. la2-ia3 6(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur 9. nig2-ka9-ak ur-{d}ba-ba6 10. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Cuneiform (script) and Tablets (information artifacts)

Production date:

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Accession date:

1930

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Comment:

Dates referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00 Genre: administrative

Loans:

S1965-1966 #53: San Francisco College for Women (December 30, 1965–January 13, 1966) and S1967-1968 #50: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Anne D. Kilmer (October 30, 1967–October 30, 1967)

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