TSU 008 (P135179)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0111

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

40.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 19.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. lugal-an-ku3-ge
2. u3-na-du11
3. 1(asz) sze gur
4. lu2-{d}nin-a-zu
5. [...] szu usz DU
reverse
1. ki-sze3?
2. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
3. kiszib3-a-ni szu
4. ha-<ba>-ab-ti

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 38.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • primary: Limet, TSU, 8

    [Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

    Lettre

  • history: OrAnt 7, p.165-179, p. 176 15

    [Pettinato1968lettere] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1968. “Aggiunte al Corpus Di Lettere Amministrative Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur.” Oriens Antiquus 7: 165–79.

  • history: RIAA (1925), 103

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-11-11 at 14:58:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2014-10-15 at 10:58:40 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:11:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:30 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
“TSU 008 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135179.
TSU 008 artifact entry (No. P135179). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135179
TSU 008 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135179 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001TSU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {TSU 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135179},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135179},
}


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PY  - 2001
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M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - TSU 008 artifact entry
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