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TCS 1, 308 (P145769)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Number

Ist Ni 00327

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. szesz-sa6-ga-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
4. amar-szuba2-ra
5. mu-mu-sze3
reverse
1. szu he2-na-a-bar-re
2. ki-ga2 kin-gi4#-a ib-gi4-gi4
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. i3-li2-mi-di3
2. sal-hu-ba
3. ARAD2-[zu]

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

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: TCS 1, 308

[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.: Ist Ni 00327
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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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
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2018-08-23 at 08:56:43	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:17	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (015212) (015212)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Ni.327) (Ni.327)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 006018 (composite) (P458728)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 308 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145769.

TCS 1, 308 artifact entry (No. P145769). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145769 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 308 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145769 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 308 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145769},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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LB  - CDLI:P145769
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - TCS 1, 308 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TCS 1, 308 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145769.

TCS 1, 308 artifact entry (No. P145769). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145769 (Original work published 2001)

TCS 1, 308 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145769 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 308 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145769},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145769},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P145769
LB  - CDLI:P145769
M1  - 2026/1/1/
TI  - TCS 1, 308 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P145769
ER  -