TCS 1, 005 (P145624)

Letter tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 134635

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. nam-ha-ni#
2. na-be2-a
3. ur-{d}asar
4. u3-na-a-du11
5. 2(disz) gurusz
6. ba-ra-za
7. u2-la nin-mu in ma-tar-re-a
8. gu2 ba-ra-ad-KU-e
9. lugal-ku3-zu da-ga2 la-ba-de2
10. lu2 ba-ra-za lu2 gir2-su{ki}-me
11. har-si?{ki} bi2-in-la-ha ma-[x]-ab
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. ga2-da# [...] szu ha#-[...]
5. sza3 erin2 ti-[...]
6. az-mu u3-[na-a-du11]
7. nin-mu ha-[...]
8. nu-mu-un#-[...]
9. a-na dug szuku-mu gil-ge
10. lugal-ku3-zu nu-zu
11. az-mu u3-na-a-du11
12. gu2-sze3 a2 he2-ga2-ga2-e gu2-e ma-an-su8-be2
  Wilcke RAI 53 (2010) 25 n. 93 se3 for demonstrative sze "that there", e "this here"
reverse
column 1
  1 line blank
1. sze-ba ug3-IL2
2. mu 1(disz)-kam
3. lu2-sa6 mu-na-szum2
4. [sze] ug3-IL2-ne [...] sze# gur ur-{d}ba-ba6
5. [mu]-na-szum2
6. [...] sze# gur# al-la mu-na-[szum2]
7. 2(u) gesz-ur3-[ra]
8. e2-gal-[ka?]
9. [x] gurusz u4 1(u)-kam
10. [x] sar sig4
11. e2? [...]
12. [x] gurusz iti# [x-kam]
13. [x] sar# [sig4]
14. gesz [...]
15. 5(disz) gurusz [u4? x-kam]
column 2
1. [x sar] sig4#
2. [...]-ge#
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [...]
7. [...]
8. [...]
9. [...] x x [...] ib2-SZIM
10. [...] a2? gu2-dab?
11. [...] gil?-ge#
12. u2-ra-i3-li2
13. mu-a? nin-mu 1(disz) udu u2 na-eb2-gu-gu#
14. mu?-tu?-da?
15. ha-bu-gin7-du
16. TAR mu-na-ri

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TCS 1, 5

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 134635
  • Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0276

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U —
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:14 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
“TCS 1, 005 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145624.
TCS 1, 005 artifact entry (No. P145624). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145624 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 005 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145624 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {TCS 1, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145624},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145624},
}


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