Letters 160 (P112520)
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 015497Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. lu2-ma2-gu-la
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 5(disz) sila3 ninda
4. ur-{d}nin-lil2
reverse
1. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
1 line blank
2. kiszib3 {d}szul-gi-ku3-zu
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi-[ku3-zu]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu {d}szara2-kam?
4. dub-sar?
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: Michalowski Letters, 160
[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
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- Museum No.: BM 015497
- Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0224
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Provenience:
Girsu (mod. Tello) Provenience Comments:
and not Umma: email Vanderroost 15 Nov 2002
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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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| 2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | 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 metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2013-07-19 at 17:15:52 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:34:49 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:15:33 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:19:29 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (035277) (035277)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15497) (BM.15497)
- British Museum Collection (W_1896-0410-224) (W_1896-0410-224)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 000385 (composite) (P430481) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2024Letters,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 4},
title = {Letters 160 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P112520},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112520},
}
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