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AuOr 17-18, 222 15 (P145596)

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 024108

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

48.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. na-ni
en: (To) Nanni
2. u3-na-a-du11
en: speak:
3. masz-gu-la-ra
en: "To Mašgula
4. 1(gesz2) sze gur
en: 60 gur barley
5. szum2-mu-da
en: to give
reverse
1. he2-na-du11
en: I did tell him.
2. a-na-asz-am3
en: Why
3. nu-u3-na-szum2
en: did he not give it to him?
4. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
en: He must give it to him!
5. inim-bi na-ba?-ab-gur-re
en: He should not bring up this issue again!".

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 48.0 high × 42.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 222 15

[Molina1999-2000letter-orders] Molina, Manuel. 1999-2000. “Neo-Sumerian Letter-Orders in the British Museum. I.” Aula Orientalis 17–18: 215–28.

Na-ni ù-na-a-du11 Mash-gu-la-ra 1.0 she gur sum-mu-da hé-na-du11 a-na-ash-àm nu-ù-na-sum hé-na-ab-sum-mu inim-bi na-ba-ab-gur-re. Transliteración de M. Sigrist (CBT 3).
history: M. Sigrist, Unpub. Ms., 251

[SigristUnpub] Sigrist, Marcel. n.d. “Unpublished Manuscript.”

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024108
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2021-07-15 at 14:40:25	Carr, Christie	Atf	Carr, Christie		CDLI	approved
2021-07-14 at 16:18:39	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:13	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (047626)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24108)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-490)

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“AuOr 17-18, 222 15 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596.

AuOr 17-18, 222 15 artifact entry (No. P145596). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 222 15 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 222 15 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596},
}

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“AuOr 17-18, 222 15 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596.

AuOr 17-18, 222 15 artifact entry (No. P145596). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 222 15 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145596},
}

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