TCS 1, 347 (P145782)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 00732

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) nu-ur2-ma
2. ma-an-szum2 he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
reverse
seal 1
1. a-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar}
  following Buchanan

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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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  • Seal information:

    seal identified by Buchanan

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: TCS 1, 347

    [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: ENES, 0516 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 00732
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2018-06-22 at 05:59:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2016-03-13 at 06:45:08 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:30:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:17 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 001778 (composite) (P454488) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“TCS 1, 347 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P145782.
TCS 1, 347 artifact entry (No. P145782). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145782 (Original work published 2001)
TCS 1, 347 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145782 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
@misc{2023TCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {TCS 1, 347 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145782},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145782},
}


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