TCS 1, 198 (P145712)

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

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

Museum Number

NBC 06638

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. puzur4-ha-li2
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(gesz2) sze gur
4. ki dumu isin2?{si}-na{ki}-ke4-ne-ta
5. u3 sze tuku-ni
6. mu {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3
7. sze munu4-sze3
reverse
1. szu bala-a
2. he2-ma-ke4
3. na-mi-gur-re
4. a-ma-ru-kam

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: TCS 1, 198

    [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.

  • history: Michalowski Letters, 199

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 209, NBC 06638

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 06638
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-21 at 17:47:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Lafont, Bertrand Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2016-07-28 at 16:12:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:16 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, 198 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145712.
TCS 1, 198 artifact entry (No. P145712). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145712 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 198 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145712 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 198 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145712},
}


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