# Manuel Molina 2026: Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS): About

> Manuel Molina, 2026. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. CSIC database of Ur III administrative texts, online since 2002, hosted at CESGA since…

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# Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS): About

Manuel Molina, 2026.

**Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian** WebpageCopy of **[The Ur III administrative archives (Umma, Girsu, Puzrish-Dagan, Ur, Nippur)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQR8ZDCWZ/the-ur-iii-administrative-archives-umma-girsu-puzrish-dagan)** 0

## What it's used for here

CSIC database of Ur III administrative texts, online since 2002, hosted at CESGA since February 2025. May 2026 figures: 105,187 documents catalogued, 75,818 with transliterations (70,063 published, 5,755 unpublished or auctioned), 1,350,035 lines; the page estimates at least 120,000 Ur III tablets in museums and private collections plus an unknown number in the Iraq Museum. Copyright Manuel Molina; no open licence stated. Used for the size of the Ur III backlog.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[The Ur III administrative archives (Umma, Girsu, Puzrish-Dagan, Ur, Nippur)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDQR8ZDCWZ/the-ur-iii-administrative-archives-umma-girsu-puzrish-dagan)

ART

[The Ur III administrative archives: dataset (BDTNS)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/copies/CPY0DEDR9RHG137/the-ur-iii-administrative-archives-dataset-bdtns)

CPY

[BDTNS: Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (Ur III catalogue and transliterations)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDS91TXMRD/bdtns-database-of-neo-sumerian-texts-ur-iii-catalogue-and)

Dataset

DAT

[CDLI estimates more than 500,000 exemplars and has catalogued more than 400,000; York's 2026 figure is above 550,000…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEEB0X4E2DT/cdli-estimates-more-than-500-000-exemplars-and-has)

Evidence

EVD

[The Ur III corpus, the largest unread block, is at least 120,000 administrative tablets of which 75,818 are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEDY48E588Q/the-ur-iii-corpus-the-largest-unread-block-is-at-least-120)

Evidence

EVD

[Manuel Molina's Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts goes online](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDPFXDTMBC/manuel-molinas-database-of-neo-sumerian-texts-goes-online)

EVT

[The Ur III state produces the largest surviving block of cuneiform, at least 120,000 administrative tablets](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDP4YNV94N/the-ur-iii-state-produces-the-largest-surviving-block-of)

EVT

[Manuel Molina](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDNH1AZ598/manuel-molina)

FIG

[The unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)

The mystery article

MYS

[How many cuneiform tablets survive, and what share has been published or transliterated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT2T64VQB/how-many-cuneiform-tablets-survive-and-what-share-has-been)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Manuel Molina (2026). Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS): About. https://bdtns.cesga.es/index.php?p=about
```

[Find it at bdtns.cesga.es](https://bdtns.cesga.es/index.php?p=about)

Key

**SRC** 0DEDH8V5MW2C

Kind

Webpage

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

31 Oct 2026, for editors

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