OTR 250 (P123185)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

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Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

CULC 276

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) 6(disz) ma#-[na tug2 szar3]
2. [n] ma#-na tug2 us2 szar3
3. [...] x ma-na [tug2] 3(disz)-kam us2
4. 6(asz) [n gu2] 2(disz) ma-na [tug2] 4(disz)-kam us2
5. 1(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki du
6. 1(u) 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
7. a-[...] na-gada
8. 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
9. 2(u)# ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
10. 2(asz) gu2 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na <tug2> 3(disz)-kam us2
11. 7(disz) gu2 3(u) 7(disz) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
12. 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki du
13. 1(u) 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
14. ba-zi-zi na-gada
15. 1(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
16. 2(u) 7(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
17. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
column 2
1. 4(asz)# gu2 5(disz)# ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki du
3. 6(disz) gu2 2(u) 6(disz) ma-na
4. ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
5. 8(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 tug2 [szar3] 2(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
6. 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
7. 4(asz) gu2 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
8. 1(u) ma-na siki du
9. 6(disz) gu2 2(u) 8(disz) ma-na
10. lu2-{d}gesz-bar-e3 na-gada
11. 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
12. 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
13. 3(u) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
14. 2(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
15. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki du
16. 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
17. ku-li-kal-la na-gada
18. 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
19. 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
20. 3(u) 1(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
reverse
column 1
1. 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz) ma-na 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 1(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki du
3. 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na
4. lu2-sa6-ga
5. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
6. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
7. 2(u) 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 <<na>> tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
8. 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
9. 3(asz) gu2 1(disz) 2/3(disz) 1(u) gin2 ma-na siki du
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10. lu2-{d}nin-szubur na-gada
11. 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
12. 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 us2
13. 1(asz) gu2 6(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
14. 5(asz) gu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
15. 6(disz) ma-na ma-na siki du#
16. 5(disz) <gu2> 4(u) 9(disz) ma-na
17. ba-zi na-gada
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column 2
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1. szunigin 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 7(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na tug2 szar3
2. szunigin 3(asz) gu2 6(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na tug2 us2 szar3
3. szunigin 1(u) gu2 2(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
4. szunigin 1(u) 6(asz) gu2 1(u) ma-na tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
5. szunigin 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki du
6. 5(u) 2(asz) gu2 4(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na tug2
7. tug2 ba-la2 u4 8(disz)-kam
8. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}
9. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OTR, 250

    [Lau1906OBTR] Lau, Robert J. 1906. Old Babylonian Temple Records. Columbia University Oriental Studies, Vol. 3. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • history: CUSAS 16, 76

    [Garfinkle2010CUSAS16] Garfinkle, Steven J., Herbert Sauren, and Marc van de Mieroop. 2010. Ur III Tablets from the Columbia University Libraries. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 16. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: CULC 276
  • Accession No.: 08.42

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-08-13 at 20:14:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2012-07-19 at 16:43:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OTR 250 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P123185.
OTR 250 artifact entry (No. P123185). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P123185
OTR 250 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P123185 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2001OTR,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {OTR 250 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P123185},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P123185
LB  - CDLI:P123185
M1  - 2024/3/29/
TI  - OTR 250 artifact entry
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