TCS 1, 068 (P145654)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 085735

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. gu3-de2-a u3 ur-{d}lamma-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-sza3 gesz-kin-ti lu2 du5?-la2-ra
reverse
1. en-na i3-im-de6
2. a-sza3 ib2-ta-an-ba-ra
3. lu2-na-me na-na-ab-szum2-e

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TCS 1, 68

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 085735
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2016-06-27 at 12:42:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:26 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, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145654.
TCS 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P145654). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145654 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 068 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145654 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {TCS 1, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145654},
}


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