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AuOr 17-18, 221 14 (P145595)

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 024103

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

42.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. nam-mah-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 2(u) sze gur lugal
4. lu2-ab-ba-x
5. he2-na-ab-szum2#-mu
6. na-mi-gur-re#
reverse
1. sze gu4 he2-na-ab-da6-da6-e
2. gur he2-na-ab-gi-ne2
blank space

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): 42.0 high × 36.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: AuOr 17-18, p.215-228, p. 221 14

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

Nam-mah-ra ù-na-a-du11 1 she gur lugal Lú-ab-ba-mu hé-na-ab-sum-mu na-mi-gur-re she-bi hé-na-ab-shum-shum-ma gur hé-na-ab-gi-né. Transliteración de M. Sigrist (CBT 3).

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 024103
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	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.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:21:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:13	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (047625) (047625)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.24103) (BM.24103)
British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-485) (W_1898-0215-485)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AuOr 17-18, 221 14 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145595.

AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry (No. P145595). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145595 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145595 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145595},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145595},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AuOr 17-18, 221 14 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145595.

AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry (No. P145595). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145595 (Original work published 2001)

AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145595 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023AuOr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145595},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145595},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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ID  - P145595
LB  - CDLI:P145595
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - AuOr 17-18, 221 14 artifact entry
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