TCS 1, 191 (P145706)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00281

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. nigar{gar}-ki-du10-ra
2. u3-na-du11
3. 1(disz) gu4 niga
4. 2(disz) udu niga
5. 3(disz) udu u2
reverse
1. {d}szara2 umma{ki}
2. {d}en-lil2-la2-i3-sa6-ra
3. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
4. al-la
5. na-ab-be2-a
6. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu

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/P145706

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 00281
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015145
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-003252
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.281

References

  • primary: TCS 1, 191

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 018, NBC 00281

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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 14:30:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:16 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, 191 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145706.
TCS 1, 191 artifact entry (No. P145706). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145706 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 191 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145706 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 191 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145706},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145706
LB  - CDLI:P145706
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - TCS 1, 191 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145706
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 191 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145706.
TCS 1, 191 artifact entry (No. P145706). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145706 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 191 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145706 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 191 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145706},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145706
LB  - CDLI:P145706
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - TCS 1, 191 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145706
ER  -
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