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TCS 1, 132 (P145680)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 1104

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (letter-order)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lu2-{d}szul-gi#-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-sza3-mu
4. apin-la2-sze3
5. i3-kal-la
reverse
1. in#-na#-szum2#
2. lu2 nam-ba-[an-du3]
3. a-ba-szesz-mu-gin7
1 line blank

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

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (letter-order)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: TCS 1, 132

[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.

Ur III letter?
history: YOS 15, 99

[Goetze2009YOS15] Goetze, Albrecht. 2009. Cuneiform Texts from Various Collections. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 15. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: Michalowski Letters, no. 166

[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
citation: CBCT, PUL Ex 1104

[ChieraCBCT] Chiera, Edward. n.d.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: PUL Ex 1104
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:15	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 (015117) (015117)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 132 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145680.

TCS 1, 132 artifact entry (No. P145680). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145680 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 132 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145680 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145680},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 132 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145680.

TCS 1, 132 artifact entry (No. P145680). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145680 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 132 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145680 (Accessed: January 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145680},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/13/
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