TCS 1, 134 (P145682)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 15101

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [lu2]-{d}szul-gi
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 3(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur
4. sze ki-su7-ka
5. szu ba-ti-a-zu
reverse
1. ur-sukkal-ra
2. he2-na-ab-gi-ne2
3. [u3 a]-ne# zu2-gag-za
4. [e-la]-ak-nu-id
5. [he2-na]-ab#-szum2-mu
6. [lu2]-zu
7. [na]-mi#-gur-re
8. [mu] lugal in-na-pa3

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/P145682

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 15101
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015119
Penn Museum (Penn) 588121
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.15101

References

  • primary: TCS 1, 134

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:15 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 134 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145682.
TCS 1, 134 artifact entry (No. P145682). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145682 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 134 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145682 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 134 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145682},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145682},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145682
LB  - CDLI:P145682
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - TCS 1, 134 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145682
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 134 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145682.
TCS 1, 134 artifact entry (No. P145682). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145682 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 134 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145682 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 134 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145682},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145682},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145682
LB  - CDLI:P145682
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - TCS 1, 134 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145682
ER  -
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