AuOr 17-18, 222 18 (P145599)

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 024550

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

33.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. ur-mes-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
4. sa2-du11 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-sze3
reverse
1. ha-ba-ab-szum2-mu
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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
  • Measurements (mm): 33.0 high × 31.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 222 18

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

    Ur-mes-ra ù-na-a-du11 1 gu4 shu-gi4 sá-du11 dNin-mar-ki-ka-shè ha-ba-ab-sum-mu date: SH 47 iii. Transliteración de M. Sigrist (CBT 3).


  • history: M. Sigrist, Unpub. Ms., 273

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 n.d. “Unpublished Manuscript.”

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  • Museum No.: BM 024550
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.03.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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 14:30:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:21:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:13 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
“AuOr 17-18, 222 18 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145599.
AuOr 17-18, 222 18 artifact entry (No. P145599). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145599 (Original work published 2001)
AuOr 17-18, 222 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145599 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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