Letters 182 (P112524)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022042

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}hendur-sag-ka-ke4
2. na-ab-be2-a
3. ur-{d}ba-ba6-ra
4. u3-na-a-du11
5. 1(gesz2) sze gur
6. a2 gu4
7. i3-du8
reverse
1. bur-{d}iszkur-ra
2. he2-<na>-ab-szum2-mu

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Michalowski Letters, 182

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 022042
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-09, 0147

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Letters 182 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112524.
Letters 182 artifact entry (No. P112524). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112524 (Original work published 2001)
Letters 182 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112524 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
@misc{2024Letters,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {Letters 182 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112524},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P112524
LB  - CDLI:P112524
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - Letters 182 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112524
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“Letters 182 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112524.
Letters 182 artifact entry (No. P112524). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112524 (Original work published 2001)
Letters 182 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112524 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).
@misc{2024Letters,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {Letters 182 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112524},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P112524
LB  - CDLI:P112524
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - Letters 182 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112524
ER  - 
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