Rochester 216 (P128320)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

Museum Number

MAG 54.58.16

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal ma-da [...] ga-tug2
  ma-da-[ad-da]-ga{ki} ?
3. ki ur-sag-ku5-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra ugula
5. nu-banda3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. mu ki-masz[{ki} ba-hul]
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-ra ugula
2. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
3. e2# nam!-ha#-ni

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: Rochester, 216

    [Sigrist1991Rochester] Sigrist, Marcel. 1991. Documents from Tablet Collections in Rochester, New York. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Barley as fodder

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  • Museum No.: MAG 54.58.16
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:

    was listed as Lagash

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-08 at 14:14:33 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Ozaki Tohru Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2013-06-14 at 11:36:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:59:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:31:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:25:49 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002803 (composite) (P455513) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Rochester 216 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128320.
Rochester 216 artifact entry (No. P128320). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128320
Rochester 216 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128320 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001Rochester,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Rochester 216 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P128320},
}


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M1  - 2024/4/25/
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