ITT 2, 00954 (P110824)

Letter tablet & envelope 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 00954

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. u3-na-a-du11#
3. a-tu
4. lugal?-di-de3
5. lugal-giri3? [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]amar#-{d}suen
2. nita# kal-ga
3. lugal# uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an [ub]-da limmu2-[ba]
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. dumu-ni

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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    unopened envelope

  • primary: ITT 2, 954

    [Genouillac1910-1911ITT2] Genouillac, Henri de. 1910-1911. Textes de l’époque d’Agadé et de l’époque d’Ur (Fouilles d’Ernest de Sarzec En 1894). Vol. 2. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello, Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.03.22, ex. 001

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: TCTI 1, 954

    [Lafont1989TCTI1] Lafont, Bertrand, and Fatma Yıldız. 1989. Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello Au Musée d’Istanbul Datant de l’époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. I: (ITT II/1,617-1038). Publications de l’Institut Historique et Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul 65. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.

  • history: RT 19 (pp. 44-64), 049 5

    [Scheil1897RT19Notes] Scheil, Vincent. 1897. “Notes d’épigraphie et d’archéologie Assyriennes.” Recueil de Travaux Relatifs à La Philologie et à l’archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes 19: 44–64.

  • history: SAKI, 200 f.1

    [Thureau-Dangin1907SAKI ] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1907. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Königsinschriften. Vol. 1. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek .

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  • Museum No.: Ist L 00954
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.--.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-30 at 16:05:38 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 16:34:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:42:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2013-07-18 at 17:32:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:32:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:13:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:18:52 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005914 (composite) (P458624) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“ITT 2, 00954 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110824.
ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry (No. P110824). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110824 (Original work published 2001)
ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110824 (Accessed: September 2, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110824},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ITT 2, 00954 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P110824.
ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry (No. P110824). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110824 (Original work published 2001)
ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110824 (Accessed: September 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 30},
	title = {ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110824},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110824},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P110824
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M1  - 2025/9/2/
TI  - ITT 2, 00954 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P110824
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