TCS 1, 290 (P145764)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

SMUI 1913.14.0870

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. sza3-nin-ga2-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. im erin2 diri a-pi4-sal4{ki} u3 gu2-edin-na
4. pisan-ga2 u3-mu-ni-ga2-ar
reverse
1. ur-ama-na-ra
2. ha-mu-na-ab-szum2-mu
3. a-ma-ru-kam
4. na-mu-nigin2-nigin2

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/P145764

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Museum Number SMUI 1913.14.0870
Accession Number UIOM 0464

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015204

References

  • primary: TCS 1, 290

    [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, 148

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

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
2011-07-22 at 14:30:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:17 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, 290 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145764.
TCS 1, 290 artifact entry (No. P145764). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145764 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 290 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145764 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 290 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145764},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 290 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145764.
TCS 1, 290 artifact entry (No. P145764). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145764 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 290 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145764 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2024TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {TCS 1, 290 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145764},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P145764
LB  - CDLI:P145764
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - TCS 1, 290 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145764
ER  -
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