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NBC 09985 (P301085)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 09985

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

39.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 13.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 40.0 wide × 13.0 thick
Weight:
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Condition Description:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

history: Mayr SITU, p. 341 (seal)

[Mayr2005SITU] Mayr, Rudolf H. 2005. “Seal Impressions on Tablets from Umma.” Lawrenceville, NJ.
citation: CBCY 3, 228 NBC 09985

[Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 09985
Accession No.:

Provenience

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

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-13 at 18:45:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (077783) (077783)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-012953) (BC-012953)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.9985) (NBC.9985)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003189 (composite) (P455899)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 09985 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P301085.

NBC 09985 artifact entry (No. P301085). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P301085 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 09985 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P301085 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P301085},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 09985 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P301085.

NBC 09985 artifact entry (No. P301085). (2024, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P301085 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 09985 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P301085 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {NBC 09985 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P301085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P301085},
}

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