TCS 1, 153 (P145688)

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 085497

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. lugal-iti-da-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-sza3 na-gab2-tum
4. elam u3 lu2 kar2-har{ki}-ra-ke4-ne
5. szum2-mu-da
reverse
1. in-na-a-du11-ga
2. he2-ne-eb-szum2-mu
3. u3 6(bur3) GAN2
4. tu-ta2-ru-um-ra
5. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu

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, 153

    [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.

  • history: Michalowski, Piotr, Letters (1993) 177,

    [sec22638] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM 085497
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:30:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:15 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, 153 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145688.
TCS 1, 153 artifact entry (No. P145688). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145688 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 153 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145688 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	title = {TCS 1, 153 artifact entry},
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}

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