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AuOr 17-18, 220 08 (P145589)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 020092

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {d}szara2-kam-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(disz) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}sza-u18-sza
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}sza-u18-sza min
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}ba-ba6
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}ig-alim
9. dumu ur-{d}nansze giri17-dab5
reverse
1. u2-IL2 {ansze}kunga2 lugal-kam-me
2. lu2 zah3-me
3. ku5-da-mu
4. ha-mu-na-ab-szum2-mu
5. u3 a-sza3 sahar-ne-ka
6. a he2-de2-e

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 68.0 high × 44.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 220 8

[Molina1999-2000letter-orders] Molina, Manuel. 1999-2000. “Neo-Sumerian Letter-Orders in the British Museum. I.” Aula Orientalis 17–18: 215–28.
history: M. Sigrist, Unpub. Ms., 317

[SigristUnpub] Sigrist, Marcel. n.d. “Unpublished Manuscript.”

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020092
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:13	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (047619) (047619)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20092) (BM.20092)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-132) (W_1895-1017-132)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AuOr 17-18, 220 08 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145589.

AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry (No. P145589). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145589 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145589 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145589},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AuOr 17-18, 220 08 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145589.

AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry (No. P145589). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145589 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145589 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2023AuOr,
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 220 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145589},
}

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