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TCS 1, 221 (P145726)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015004

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}hendur-sag
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 6(disz) sila3 dabin
4. ur-{d}inanna-[ra]
reverse
1. [he2-na]-ab-szum2-mu
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu ur-{d}lamma

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: TCS 1, 221

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015004
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:30:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:16	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (015168) (015168)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15004) (BM.15004)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0408-199) (W_1896-0408-199)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004799 (composite) (P457509)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCS 1, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145726.

TCS 1, 221 artifact entry (No. P145726). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145726 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145726 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).

@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {TCS 1, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCS 1, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145726.

TCS 1, 221 artifact entry (No. P145726). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145726 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 221 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145726 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).

@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {TCS 1, 221 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145726
LB  - CDLI:P145726
M1  - 2026/2/17/
TI  - TCS 1, 221 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145726
ER  -