OrAnt 07, 169 01 (P124593)

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 012492

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. lu2-{d}utu
2. u3 ur-{d}nansze-ra
3. u3-ne-a-du11
4. 1(disz) ur-{d}lamma
5. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-dar-a
reverse
1. 1(disz) lu2-inim-gi-na
2. 1(disz) he2-sa6-mu
3. zi3 KA nu-ar3-re
4. szu ha-bar-re

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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
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  • primary: OrAnt 7, p.165-179, p. 169 1

    [Pettinato1968lettere] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1968. “Aggiunte al Corpus Di Lettere Amministrative Della Terza Dinastia Di Ur.” Oriens Antiquus 7: 165–79.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 082:138

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

  • history: JNES 63 (pp. 1-16), 9

    [Molina2004JNES63] Molina, Manuel, and Marcos Such-Gutiérrez. 2004. “On Terms for Cutting Plants and Noses in Ancient Sumer.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (1): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1086/382555.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012492
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  • 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, 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
2024-06-15 at 17:42:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:53:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:27:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:24:13 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

“OrAnt 07, 169 01 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124593.
OrAnt 07, 169 01 artifact entry (No. P124593). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124593 (Original work published 2001)
OrAnt 07, 169 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124593 (Accessed: November 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {OrAnt 07, 169 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124593},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OrAnt 07, 169 01 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124593.
OrAnt 07, 169 01 artifact entry (No. P124593). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124593 (Original work published 2001)
OrAnt 07, 169 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124593 (Accessed: November 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124593},
}

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