ITT 3, 05558 (P111209)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 05558

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. lu2-kal-la-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. lu2 sze-ba aga3-us2 lugal-ka ba-an-si-ga
4. mu didli-bi-sze3
reverse
1. siki-ba-bi
2. ha-ba-ab-szum2-mu
3. im siki-ba ba-[ga2]-ga2 en3 ha-ab-tar-re

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ITT 3, 5558

    [deGenouillac1912ITT3] Genouillac, Henri de. 1912. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello, Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Tome 3: Textes de l’époque d’Ur. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: RA 057 (pp. 93-97), 096 14

    [FishLambert1963RA57] Fish, Thomas, and Maurice Lambert. 1963. “« Vérification » Dans La Bureaucratie Sumérienne.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 57: 93–97.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 084:144

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

  • history: TCS 1, 110

    [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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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 08:51:13 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
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
2011-07-22 at 13:32:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:02 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
“ITT 3, 05558 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111209.
ITT 3, 05558 artifact entry (No. P111209). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111209 (Original work published 2001)
ITT 3, 05558 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111209 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	month = {jul 7},
	title = {ITT 3, 05558 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111209},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111209},
}


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