TCS 1, 174 (P145698)

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 025835

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. na-ni
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 5(asz) sze gur lugal
4. sze ur5-ra
reverse
1. lugal-me-lam2 dumu ur-ma-ma
2. in-na-szum2-ma
3. lu2 na-ba-du3

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#new_text=P145698 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 na-ni Nani[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 2 u3-na-a-du11 dug[speak] VERB V Aspect=Prosp|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 5(asz) 5(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 4 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 lugal lugal[king] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 7 sze sze[barley] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 ur5-ra urra[loan] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 9 lugal-me-lam2 Lugalmelam[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 ur-ma-ma Urmama[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _ 12 in-na-szum2-ma n] VERB V Verb Form=Fin|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 lu2 lu[person] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 14 na-ba-du3 e] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TCS 1, 174

    [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.

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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:15 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 174 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145698.
TCS 1, 174 artifact entry (No. P145698). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145698 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 174 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145698 (Accessed: August 13, 2025).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {TCS 1, 174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145698},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145698
LB  - CDLI:P145698
M1  - 2025/8/13/
TI  - TCS 1, 174 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145698
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 174 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145698.
TCS 1, 174 artifact entry (No. P145698). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145698 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 174 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145698 (Accessed: August 13, 2025).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {TCS 1, 174 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145698},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145698
LB  - CDLI:P145698
M1  - 2025/8/13/
TI  - TCS 1, 174 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145698
ER  - 
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