TCS 1, 230 (P145731)

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 025413

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}lamma-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-sza3 {d}nin-sun2-ka-ka
4. ki sa6-ga-bi
5. 4(bur3) GAN2
reverse
1. nin-u3-kul-e-ki-ag2-ra
2. he2-na-ra-bar-re
3. inim sukkal-mah-kam

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, 230

    [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 Letters, 086

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

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  • Museum No.: BM 025413
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 14:30:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:16 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, 230 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145731.
TCS 1, 230 artifact entry (No. P145731). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145731 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 230 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145731 (Accessed: April 3, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145731},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145731},
}


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