UNT 018 (P141849)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014614

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
2. 3(u) 5(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
3. 3(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
4. 3(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
5. 8(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
6. 5(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
7. 1(u) 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
8. 2(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
9. sze-bi 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
10. ugula nig2-ga2-ni
11. 3(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
12. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
13. 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
14. 1(u) la2 1(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
15. 5(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
16. 2(u) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
17. 3(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
18. sze-bi 9(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
19. ugula ur-si-gar
20. 2(u) 7(disz) geme2 1(barig)-ta
21. [x] geme2 4(ban2)-ta
22. [x] geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
23. [x] dumu 2(ban2)-ta
24. [x dumu] 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
25. [x dumu] 1(ban2)-ta
26. [x geme2 szu-gi4] 2(ban2)#-ta
column 2
1. sze-bi# [...] 3(asz) 3(barig) [x] 5(disz) sila3 gur
2. ugula gu-za-ni
3. 3(u) geme2 1(barig)-ta
4. 2(gesz2) 8(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
5. 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
6. 1(u) 7(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
7. 3(u) 5(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
8. 3(u) 3(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
9. 5(u) 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
10. 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
11. sze-bi 3(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur
12. ugula za-al-lum
13. 3(u) 2(disz) geme2 1(barig)-ta
14. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
15. 2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
16. 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
17. 4(u) 1(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
18. 2(u) 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
19. 5(u) 8(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
20. 1(u) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
21. sze-bi 3(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
22. ugula# lu2#-na-na
column 3
1. [2(u) 5(disz) geme2 1(barig)]-ta
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
3. 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
4. 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
5. 2(u) 4(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
6. 1(u) 8(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
7. 2(u) 7(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
8. 1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
9. sze-bi 2(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur
10. ugula ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
11. 1(u) 1(disz) geme2 1(barig)-ta
12. 5(u) 8(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
13. 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
14. 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
15. 1(u) 4(disz) dumu 2(ban2)
16. 1(u) 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz)
17. 2(u) 2(disz) dumu 1(ban2)
18. 6(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)
19. sze-bi 1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
20. ugula a-ba-an-ne2-se3-ge
21. 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
22. 1(u) 5(disz) geme2 1(barig)-ta
reverse
column 1
1. 3(gesz2) 2(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
2. 1(gesz2) [...]-ta#
3. 1(u) [geme2] 3(ban2)-ta
4. 1(disz) [geme2 a2 1/2(disz)] 3(ban2)
5. [x dumu 2(ban2)]-ta#
6. [x dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3]-ta
7. [x dumu 1(ban2)]-ta#
8. 5(disz) [geme2 szu]-gi4# 2(ban2)-ta
9. sze-bi 4(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
10. ugula lu2-du10-ga
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11. szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
12. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) geme2 1(barig)-ta
13. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) geme2 4(ban2)-ta
14. szunigin 2(gesz2) 3(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta
15. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
16. szunigin 3(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
17. szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
18. szunigin 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
19. [szunigin] 5(u) [2(disz)] geme2# szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
column 2
1. sze-bi [1(gesz'u) 1(u)] 8(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
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column 3
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1. sze-ba nigin-ba
2. geme2 usz-bar
3. nu-banda3 en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
4. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
5. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Waetzoldt, UNT, 18

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 26-27

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014614
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:22:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-29 at 21:42:42 Heimpel, Wolfgang Atf Heimpel, Wolfgang CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:10:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:30:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UNT 018 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P141849.
UNT 018 artifact entry (No. P141849). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P141849 (Original work published 2001)
UNT 018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P141849 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {UNT 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P141849},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P141849},
}


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