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FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021 (P145794)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 13021

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

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. he2-gi-[ne2]
2'. dub-a-ni
3'. he2-GIN2-ta
reverse
1. du11-[ga-ni szu? gi4-gi4-dam]
2. ki he2-GIN2-[ta]
3. he2#-[...]
rest broken

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

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021

[Genouillac1936FT2] Genouillac, Henri de. 1936. Époques d’Ur III Dynastie et de Larsa. Vol. 2. Fouilles de Telloh. Paris : P. Geuthner.
history: TCS 1, 368

[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.: AO 13021
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-27 at 13:05:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 16:30:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-04-16 at 15:58:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:30:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:18	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 (009202) (009202)
Louvre Collections (cl010137724) (cl010137724)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“FT 2, Pl. 52 AO 13021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145794.

FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021 artifact entry (No. P145794). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145794 (Original work published 2001)

FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145794 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {FT 2, pl. 52 {AO} 13021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145794},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“FT 2, Pl. 52 AO 13021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P145794.

FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021 artifact entry (No. P145794). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P145794 (Original work published 2001)

FT 2, pl. 52 AO 13021 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P145794 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {FT 2, pl. 52 {AO} 13021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P145794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P145794},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/15/
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