TÉL 239a (P133754)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ist L — ?

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
1. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) erin2 sza3-gu4
2. 4(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ug3-IL2
3. u4 2(gesz2) 1(u)-sze3
4. a2-bi 6(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. 1(u) 5(disz) szitim u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
6. a2-bi 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)
7. gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. 2(gesz2) 8(disz) bar-ra-kar-ra
9. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
10. a2-bi 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz)
11. gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
12. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) aga3-us2
13. lu2# sze gur10 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
14. [...]-bi# 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz
15. [...] diri geme2 usz-bar
16. gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3
17. [...]
reverse
1. 3(szar2) [...]
2. GAN2 [...]
3. 3(bur'u)? 1(bur3)? 1(esze3)? 4(iku)? GAN2#
4. GAN2 diri [...]
5. gurusz-e 1(iku) GAN2-ta
6. a2-bi 1(szar2) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz)
7. gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. 1(asz) guru7 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) gur
9. sze GAN2-gu4
10. 8(gesz2) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
11. sze GAN2 diri
12. gurusz-e 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
13. a2-bi 4(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz)? 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
  1(gesz2) gur missing in one of the two grain items to make this work
14. 9(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
  calculation: 43 1/2 x 130 = 5655; 5655 ÷ 10 = 565 1/2
15. [a2 u4]-tusz-a ug3-IL2
16. [...] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TÉL, 239a

    [Lambert1968TÉL] Lambert, Maurice, and Charles Virolleaud. 1968. Tablettes Économiques de Lagash (Époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur) Copiées En 1900 Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Cahiers de La Société Asiatique 19. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.

  • citation: ASJ 14, p.173-243, p. 221

    [Maekawa1992agricultural-8] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1992. “The Agricultural Texts of Ur III Lagash of the British Museum (VIII).” Acta Sumerologica 14: 173–243.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2012-04-08 at 10:56:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-03-21 at 17:41:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:08:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:00 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
“TÉL 239a Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P133754.
TÉL 239a artifact entry (No. P133754). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P133754
TÉL 239a artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P133754 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2001TEL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {T{\' {E}}{L} 239a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P133754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P133754},
}


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LB  - CDLI:P133754
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - TÉL 239a artifact entry
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