TCS 1, 216 (P145724)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PTS 0313

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. ur-ge6-par4
 en: To Ur-gepar
2. u3-na-a-du11
 en: speak!
3. gurusz 1(u)-am3
 en: Workmen, 10 of them,
4. ma2 dug ba-al-e-de3
 en: the boat of pots to unload,
reverse
1. lu2-{d}szara2-ra
 en: to Lu-Šara
2. he2-na-szum2-mu
 en: may he give!
3. lu2 us2-gar he2-eb-da-an-gi4-gi4
 en: May ... with it return!
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
 en: Lukalla,
2. dub-sar
 en: scribe,
3. dumu ur-ur-e11-e szusz3
 en: son of Ur-E’e, cattle manager.
  given as ur-sa6-ga by Sollberger

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, 216

    [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, no. 146

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

  • history: Princeton 2, 5

    [Sigrist2005Princeton2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2005. Tablets from the Princeton Theological Seminary: Ur III Period. Part 2. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 18. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.

  • citation: Verderame, L., RSO 83 (2010) 475

    [sec22654] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: PTS 0313
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2019-10-03 at 12:21:32 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2014-11-04 at 10:34:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:31 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002932.2 (composite) (P533566) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“TCS 1, 216 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145724.
TCS 1, 216 artifact entry (No. P145724). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145724 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 216 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145724 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
@misc{2024TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 216 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145724},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145724},
}


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