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
Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 015004Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | --.--.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDLI Seals 004799 (composite) (P457509) | S004799 | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P145726 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P145726 |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain] |
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| Written In | |
| Archive | |
| Excavation Number | |
| Findspot | |
| Stratigraphic Level | |
| Elevation |
| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 015004 |
| Accession Number |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 015168 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.15004 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1896-0408-199 |
primary: TCS 1, 221
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:30:31 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:32:16 | CDLI, CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI, CDLI | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2023TCS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {TCS 1, 221 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145726},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/8/19/ PY - 2023 ID - P145726 LB - CDLI:P145726 M1 - 2026/10/12/ TI - TCS 1, 221 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P145726 ER -