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ITT 5, 06969 (P111679)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist L 06969

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. x-x-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 3(u) ad7 udu
4. {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba
5. gu7-de3
6. ur-{d}al-la-ra
reverse
1. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
seal 1
1. ur-[mes]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu gu3-[de2-a]

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

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: ITT 5, 6969

[deGenouillac1921ITT5] Genouillac, Henri de. 1921. Inventaire Des Tablettes de Tello, Conservées Au Musée Impérial Ottoman. Tome 5: Époque Présargonique, Époque d’Agadé, Époque d’Ur. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
history: Michalowski Letters, 086:150

[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
history: TCS 1, 325

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ist L 06969
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

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	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:33:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:14:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:19:11	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 (005822) (005822)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004546 (composite) (P457256)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“ITT 5, 06969 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111679.

ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry (No. P111679). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111679 (Original work published 2001)

ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111679 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2024ITT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111679},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“ITT 5, 06969 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111679.

ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry (No. P111679). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111679 (Original work published 2001)

ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111679 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2024ITT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111679},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P111679
LB  - CDLI:P111679
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - ITT 5, 06969 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P111679
ER  -