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AuOr 17-18, 219 05 (P145586)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019370

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

52.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}ig-alim-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. sze inim gal2-la
4. ugu2 a-kal-la-ka
5. ib2-gal2-la na-me
reverse
1. ugu2-a-na
2. na-bi2-ga2-ga2
3. 1(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) gur
4. ugu2-a-na
5. ha-ab-ga2-ga2

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 52.0 high × 42.0 wide × 22.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 219 5

[Molina1999-2000letter-orders] Molina, Manuel. 1999-2000. “Neo-Sumerian Letter-Orders in the British Museum. I.” Aula Orientalis 17–18: 215–28.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019370
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:13	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (047616) (047616)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19370) (BM.19370)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1014-18) (W_1895-1014-18)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“AuOr 17-18, 219 05 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145586.

AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry (No. P145586). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145586 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145586 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
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	title = {AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145586},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AuOr 17-18, 219 05 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145586.

AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry (No. P145586). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145586 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145586 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 219 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145586},
}

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