TSU 011 (P135182)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Museum Collection(s)

Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0524

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 1.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. ur-e2-masz-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(asz) gu2 u2
4. ninda du8-de3
5. a-li2
reverse
1. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
2. iti dal
3. mu us2-sa ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-[e szusz3]

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 39.0 wide × 1.0 thick
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  • primary: Limet, TSU, 11

    [Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

    Lettre

  • history: ASJ 16, p.297-298

    [Maeda1994reading] Maeda, Tohru. 1994. “On the Reading of TCS I, 205 = TSU 11.” Acta Sumerologica 16: 297–98.

  • history: TCS 1, 205

    [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.

  • history: RIAA (1925), 127b

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

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  • Museum No.: MRAH O.0524
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.05.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:11:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:31 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“TSU 011 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P135182.
TSU 011 artifact entry (No. P135182). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135182
TSU 011 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135182 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
@misc{2001TSU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {TSU 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135182},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135182},
}


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PY  - 2001
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LB  - CDLI:P135182
M1  - 2025/5/12/
TI  - TSU 011 artifact entry
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