UDT 032 (P136161)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00032

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-tur-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. en-na zu2-si-sze3
4. lugal-me3-a
reverse
1. mu udu la2-ia3-sze3
2. ka na-ni-ba-e
3. dub-ba-ni szu ha-ba-ab-ti

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P136161

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00032
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005413
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003000
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.32

References

  • primary: UDT, 032

    [Nies1920UDT] Nies, James B. 1920. Ur Dynasty Tablets : Texts Chiefly from Tello and Drehem Written during the Reigns of Dungi, Bur-Sin, Gimil-Sin, and Ibi-Sin. Series Assyriologische Bibliothek 25. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 110: 219

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

  • history: TCS 1, 282

    [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.

  • citation: Fs Owen p.9-13, p. 11

    [Allred2010letter-orders] Allred, Lance. 2010. “Getting the Word out. Letter-Orders and the Administration of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 9–13. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 006, NBC 00032

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

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 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 14:13:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:54 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UDT 032 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136161.
UDT 032 artifact entry (No. P136161). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136161 (Original work published 2001)
UDT 032 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136161 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	month = {jul 4},
	title = {UDT 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136161},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“UDT 032 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P136161.
UDT 032 artifact entry (No. P136161). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P136161 (Original work published 2001)
UDT 032 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P136161 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024UDT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {UDT 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P136161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P136161},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P136161
LB  - CDLI:P136161
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - UDT 032 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P136161
ER  -
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