TCS 1, 048 (P145641)
Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, SwitzerlandMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, SwitzerlandMuseum Number
MAH 16368Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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1. ba-zi
en: To Bazi
2. u3-na-a-du11
en: speak:
3. ur-{d}nansze dumu dab5 lu2-{d}na-ru2-a-ka-ra
en: “To Ur-Nansze DAB5-worker of Lu-Naru'a,
reverse
1. esz2-giri17-sze3
en: the nose-rope
2. na-ba-du3
en: he shall not attach.”
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, 48
[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.
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history: JNES 63 (pp. 1-16), 9
[Molina2004JNES63] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2004. “On Terms for Cutting Plants and Noses in Ancient Sumer.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (1): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1086/382555.
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- Museum No.: MAH 16368
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-06-15 at 17:42:05 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2012-04-09 at 06:44:03 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:30:18 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:32:14 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (015074) (015074)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024TCS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-20]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 15},
title = {TCS 1, 048 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P145641},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145641},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2024/6/15/ PY - 2024 ID - P145641 LB - CDLI:P145641 M1 - 2025/10/20/ TI - TCS 1, 048 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P145641 ER -