JRAS 1939, 615 (P112353)
Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 088140Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. al-la-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. la2-ia3 e2 {d}ba-ba6-ka
4. szu ha-ab-bar-re
reverse
1. u3 lu2-nig2
2. ha-na-zi-zi
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: JRAS 1939 (pp. 615-620), 615
[Fish1939JRAS615-620] Fish, Thomas. 1939. “Two Sumerian Letters in the British Museum.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1939: 615–20.
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history: Michalowski Letters, 104:202
[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
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history: TCS 1, 23
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 088140
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-20 at 15:23:44 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:34:33 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:15:22 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:19:26 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (012183) (012183)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.88140) (BM.88140)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1900-1016-650) (W_1900-1016-650)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024JRAS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 20},
title = {JRAS 1939, 615 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P112353},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112353},
}
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