AuOr 17-18, 218 03 (P145584)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 016056

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

Measurements

40.0 mm × 34.0 mm × 18.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [x]-x-ra-du-ra
2. u3#-na-a-du11
3. nam-ha-ni dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
  Ozaki: lu2-{d}ba-ba6 ?
4. {gesz}gag {gesz}ma-nu
5. dab5-ba SZE3 x [x]
  Sigrist dab5-ba simug
reverse
1. he2-[na-ab-szum2]-mu#
2. 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): 40.0 high × 34.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 218 3

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 016056
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0276

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Provenience Comments:

    gesz.gag gesz.ma-nu only Umma (Ozaki)

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2014-08-14 at 09:31:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:14 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, 218 03 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145584.
AuOr 17-18, 218 03 artifact entry (No. P145584). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145584 (Original work published 2001)
AuOr 17-18, 218 03 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P145584 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {aug 19},
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}

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