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

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

Measurements

-

Text

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

Textual annotations

#new_text=P145698 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # 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 _ _ _ _

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/P145698

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 025835
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015137
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.25835
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1898-0216-889

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
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. 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, 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: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	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  - 2026/10/11/
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: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	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  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - TCS 1, 174 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145698
ER  -
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