Cuneiform tablet

Museum number:

9-2823

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090002823

Accession number:

Acc.649

Description:

III Ur Dynasty tablet

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 column 1 beginning broken 1'. [...]-zi 2'. lu2# sagi? 3'. dumu# lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su 4'. [x] ur-szu-ga-lam-ma 5'. dumu# ur-sa6-la2 6'. [x] ur-e2-ninnu 7'. dumu# a-a-a lu2-{d}en-ki dumu 8'. [x] lu2-{d}nin-szubur 9'. ki ur-temen-na 10'. dumu na-silim 11'. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma 12'. dumu ba-zi-gu-la 13'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6 14'. x-x i7 nina{ki}-sze3-du 15'. [...] x [...] rest broken column 2 beginning broken 1'. [...]-am3 2'. [x] szesz-szesz 3'. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra 4'. dumu i3-li2-mu-me 5'. mu nig2-du8-du8-sze3 6'. 1(u) 1(disz) 7'. ki ur-mes szabra 8'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6 9'. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir 10'. 1(disz) lu2-gu3-de2-a 11'. dumu ur-sa6-ga 12'. 2(disz) 13'. ki ba-zi 14'. 1(disz) ur-usz-gid2-da 15'. ki ur-{d}nansze 16'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur 17'. [x an]-ne2#-ba#-du7# rest broken column 3 beginning broken 1'. [...] dumu ur2-bi#-[...] 2'. 1(disz) lu2-gi-na# 3'. dumu ur-sa6-ga 4'. a-sza3 du6-asz 5'. a-sza3 KU-dim2 6'. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma 7'. dumu du10-du10-ga 8'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim 9'. dumu ab-ba-mu 10'. a-sza3 a-lal3 tur 11'. a-sza3 a-lal3-gu-la 12'. 1(disz) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka 13'. dumu me-an-ne2 14'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6 15'. dumu lu2-gi-gun4-sze3 16'. a-sza3 KU-{d}nanna 17'. [...]-KA 18'. [...]-ta rest broken column 4 beginning broken 1'. a-sza3# [...] 2'. 1(disz) lu2-[...] 3'. x [...] 4'. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-[alim] 5'. dumu ri-a-x [...] 6'. a-sza3 a-gesztin-{d}nin-[...] a-sza3 a-gesztin-{d}x-[...] 7'. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma 8'. dumu lu2-mu-[...] 9'. 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur 10'. a-sza3 nin-nig2-erim2#-[e?] 11'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}x-[...] 12'. dumu du-[du?] 13'. a-sza3 musz-bi-[an-na] rest broken reverse column 1 broken column 2 beginning broken 1'. 1(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir 2'. im-e tak4#-a# 3'. dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da 4'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur 5'. dumu ur-{d}nansze 6'. [x] la2 1(disz) [...] rest broken column 3 beginning broken 1'. [...] x ki x [x] a-sza3 [...] KU 2'. u3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 i3-dab5 3'. 1(disz) lu2-ig-alim 4'. dumu ur-[...] 5'. 1(disz) lu2-[...] 6'. dumu [...] rest broken column 4 beginning broken 1'. [x] x [...] x-ra-me 2'. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 [x]-AB{ki#} i3-dab5 blank space rest broken

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: --.--.00.00 Genre: administrative

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