JCS 28, 166 1 (P112018)

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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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SM 1899.02.390

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (SM catalogue: letter--to Ur-mes about the hire of a boat)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

37.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 14.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. ur-mes-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a2 ma2 hun-ga2
4. x bala-a-ke4
5. sa2 nu-na-da-an-du11-ga
reverse
1. sza3 i3-bi2-tam
2. ur-mes-ra
3. he2-na-ab-zi-zi

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 37.0 high × 31.0 wide × 14.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • Genre(s): Letter (SM catalogue: letter--to Ur-mes about the hire of a boat)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: JCS 28 (p. 161-168), 166 1

    [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, 117:238

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1899.02.390
  • Accession No.: 01768

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 13:33:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:20 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
“JCS 28, 166 1 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112018.
JCS 28, 166 1 artifact entry (No. P112018). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112018 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 28, 166 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112018 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {JCS 28, 166 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112018},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112018},
}


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