Berens 044 (P105755)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

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Museum Collection(s)

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

Museum Number

CBL CT 044

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

36.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 14.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. x x x x x
2. x [...]-ba#-ta
3. ARAD2#-dam i3-dab5
4. iti# munu4-gu7
reverse
  blank space
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
envelope
  broken
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ARAD2-dam
2. dumu {d}dumu-zi-da#
3. unu3

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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
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 36.0 high × 31.0 wide × 14.0 thick
  • Weight:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Berens, 044

    [Pinches1915Berens] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1915. The Babylonian Tablets of the Berens Collection.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBL CT 044
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.05.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-01-17 at 10:04:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-26 at 16:40:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:53:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:56 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 001569 (composite) (P454279) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Berens 044 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105755.
Berens 044 artifact entry (No. P105755). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105755
Berens 044 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105755 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2001Berens,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Berens 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105755},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105755},
}


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PY  - 2001
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M1  - 2024/4/26/
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