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Syracuse 482 (P131033)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA

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Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA

Museum Number

SUL 007

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra
en: To Lu-Šulgi
2. u3-na-a-du11
en: speak!
3. 1(disz) udu ur-{d}iszkur i3-dab5
en: 1 ram did Ur-Iškur receive;
4. ur-{d}hendur-sag-ra#
en: to Ur-Ḫendursag
reverse
1. sze-na szu ha-mu-na-a-ba-re
en: in his barley may he release!
blank space

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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Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: TENUS, 482

[Sigrist1983TENUS] Sigrist, Marcel. 1983. Textes Économiques Néo-Sumériens de l’Université de Syracuse. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations.
history: Michalowski Letters, 098:184

[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
history: MVN 15, 218

[Owen1991MVN15] Owen, David I. 1991. Neo-Sumerian Texts from American Collections. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 15. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: SUL 007
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2017-03-23 at 16:55:37	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2017-02-28 at 17:16:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:03:46	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:34:42	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:56	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (026423)

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“Syracuse 482 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033.

Syracuse 482 artifact entry (No. P131033). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033 (Original work published 2001)

Syracuse 482 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {Syracuse 482 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033},
}

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“Syracuse 482 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033.

Syracuse 482 artifact entry (No. P131033). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033 (Original work published 2001)

Syracuse 482 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033 (Accessed: March 16, 2025).

@misc{2024Syracuse,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {Syracuse 482 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131033},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/4/
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LB  - CDLI:P131033
M1  - 2025/3/16/
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ER  -

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