BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 (P106791)

Letter tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) i3
2. 3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
3. x-ta
4. 1(disz) udu niga
5. 1(disz) udu u2
6. 1(asz) ku6-sze6
reverse
1. u3-ma-ni
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-ma-ru-kam
4. ul4-la-bi
5. ur-{d}nin-ugula-szakkan
6. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu

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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: BiOr 26 (pp. 171-176), 175 HSM 1800

    [Hallo1969BiOr26] Hallo, William W. 1969. “The Neo-Sumerian Letter Orders.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 26: 171–76.

  • history: JCS 28 (p. 161-168), 167 4

    [Michalowski1976JCS28] Michalowski, Piotr. 1976. “Six Neo-Sumerian Letter-Orders.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 28 (3): 161–68. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359760.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 117:239

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

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  • Museum No.: SM —
  • Accession No.: 01800

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 15:34:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 14:36:59 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-08-10 at 02:32:03 Firth, Richard Atf Földi, Zsombor J. CDLI approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:22 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

“BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106791.
BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 artifact entry (No. P106791). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106791 (Original work published 2001)
BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106791 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BiOr 26, 175 {HSM} 1800 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106791},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106791.
BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 artifact entry (No. P106791). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106791 (Original work published 2001)
BiOr 26, 175 HSM 1800 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106791 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BiOr 26, 175 {HSM} 1800 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106791},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106791},
}

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