JCS 28, 167 3 (P112020)

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 1911.10.575

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 PN, from a šabra, with orders to give someone goat-wool)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 16.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. lugal#?-uszur4#?
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(asz) gu2 siki-ud5
4. ur-{d}nin-girimx(|A.BU.HA.DU|)-ka
reverse
1. he2#?-mu#?-na#?-szum2#?-mu
2. na-mi-gur-re#
3. inim szabra-kam?
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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 31.0 wide × 16.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: complete.
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  • Genre(s): Letter (SM catalogue: letter to PN, from a šabra, with orders to give someone goat-wool)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: JCS 28 (p. 161-168), 167 3

    [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, 107:212

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.10.575
  • Accession No.: 08197

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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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
2008-03-24 at 16:47:01 Andersson, Jakob Atf Andersson, Jakob 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, 167 3 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112020.
JCS 28, 167 3 artifact entry (No. P112020). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112020 (Original work published 2001)
JCS 28, 167 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112020 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {JCS 28, 167 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112020},
}


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