AuOr 17-18, 228 40 (P145621)

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 029745

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

43.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 17.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}lamma-ra-ke4
2. na-ab-be2-a
3. ur-{d}nansze-ra
4. u3-na-a-du11
5. geme2-{d}dumu-zi-da
6. tukum-bi
reverse
1. geme2 ba-la-la-kam
2. szu he2-na-bar-re
3. ia3-nagar
4. na-ga-ab-tum-ma i3-tusz
5. ba-la-la
6. he2-na-szum2-mu
7. na-mi-gur-re

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 38.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 228 40

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

    Ur-dLamma-ra-ke4 na-ab-bi-a Ur-dNanshe-ra ù-na-a-du11 Géme-dDumu-zi-da tukumbi géme ba-la-la-kam shu hé-na-bar-re ì-nagar na-ga-ab-tum-ma ì-dab5 ba-la-la hé-na-sum-mu na-mi-gur-re. Transliteración de M. Sigrist (CBT 3).

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:17 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
“AuOr 17-18, 228 40 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145621.
AuOr 17-18, 228 40 artifact entry (No. P145621). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145621 (Original work published 2001)
AuOr 17-18, 228 40 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145621 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {AuOr 17-18, 228 40 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145621},
}


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