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CUSAS 39, 166 (P253760)

Letter tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 4730

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. szabra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. ur-{d}nin-mug-ke4
4. lu2 kin-gi4-a
5. lu2-du10-ga-ke4
6. ba-sa6#-[...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. 1(disz) ud5#? [...]
2'. x [...]
3'. ur#-{d#}nin#-[mug? ...]
4'. in#-gi#-in#
5'. igi-mu-sze3
blank space

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

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 46.0 wide × 21.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: CUSAS 39, 166

[Dahl2020CUSAS39] Dahl, Jacob L. 2020. Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 39. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MS 4730
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-02-24 at 02:56:15	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2014-11-21 at 08:06:01	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-10-23 at 00:29:22	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 13:53:42	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2014-09-29 at 11:47:09	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:46:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-05 at 17:13:29	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:38:35	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (170126) (170126)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 39, 166 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253760.

CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry (No. P253760). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253760

CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253760 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253760},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253760},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 39, 166 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253760.

CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry (No. P253760). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253760

CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253760 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253760},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253760},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P253760
LB  - CDLI:P253760
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - CUSAS 39, 166 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253760
ER  -