TSU 007 (P135178)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0107

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

57.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. er11-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. ab-ba-kal-la
4. ur-mes-ra
5. zi-lugal
6. ga2-e-me
reverse
1. ha-na-szum2
seal 1
1. geme2-{d}lamma
2. nin-dingir-{d}nansze
3. igi-{d}inanna-sze3
4. dub-sar
5. ARAD2-zu

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): 57.0 high × 53.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • primary: Limet, TSU, 7

    [Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

    Lettre

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 083:141

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

  • history: TCS 1, 81

    [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: RIAA (1925), 198

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

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  • Museum No.: MRAH O.0107
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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 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2016-08-26 at 06:13:33 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:11:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:30 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003965 (composite) (P456675) Girsu (mod. Tello) -

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Cite this Artifact
“TSU 007 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135178.
TSU 007 artifact entry (No. P135178). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135178 (Original work published 2001)
TSU 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135178 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TSU 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135178},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P135178},
}


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