FAOS 19, Du 1 (P213211)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 140676

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. me-sag2
  reading with Catagnoti
2. na-be2-a
3. puzur4-{d}PA
4. szesz-mu
5. u3-na-du11
6. gu-ti-um{ki}
7. a-gin7 i3-da-gub
8. lu2 ma-an-szum2
reverse
1. zi-mu ba-tur
2. ul4-la-bi
3. si-lim-ma-na du11-ga
4. szu ha-ma-ab-us2-e
5. 2(asz@c) gurdub zu2-lum

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: FAOS 19, Du 1

    [Kienast1995FAOS19] Kienast, Burkhart, and Konrad Volk. 1995. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Briefe Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur (SAB). Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 19. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • history: Sallaberger 1996, 401

    [sec24202] N.d.

  • history: Catagnoti, Amalia, Fs Frozaroli, 105-107, 111

    [sec24203] N.d.

  • citation: Fs Sommerfeld & Krebernik (pp. 209-231), 209-210

    [Bramanti2020FsSommerfeld] Bramanti, Armando. 2020. “The Pottesman Collection in the British Museum: Early Dynastic and Sargonic Administrative Texts.” Edited by Ilya Arkhipov, Leonid Kogan, and Natalya V. Koslova. The Third Millennium: Studies in Early Mesopotamia and Syria in Honor of Walter Sommerfeld and Manfred Krebernik, Cuneiform Monographs, 50: 209–31.

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  • Museum No.: BM 140676
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-23 at 18:30:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 07:41:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2017-04-04 at 13:27:17 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:28:33 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“FAOS 19, Du 1 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213211.
FAOS 19, Du 1 artifact entry (No. P213211). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213211 (Original work published 1970)
FAOS 19, Du 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213211 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).
@misc{2024FAOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {FAOS 19, {Du} 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213211},
}


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