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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Measurements

-

Text

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

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/P145712

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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 06638
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015151
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-009622
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.6638

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-21 at 17:47:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2016-07-28 at 16:12:07 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI 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, 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: October 12, 2026).
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	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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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: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	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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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - TCS 1, 198 artifact entry
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