Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMuseum Number
NBC 09985Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
39.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 13.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | 00.00.00.00 |
| Accounting Period |
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 003189 (composite) (P455899) | S003189 | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
| CDLI number | P301085 |
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| Permalink | https://cdli.network/entity/P301085 |
| Provenience | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
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| Collection(s) |
Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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| Museum Number | NBC 09985 |
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| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 077783 |
| Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) | BC-012953 |
| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | NBC.9985 |
history: Mayr SITU, p. 341 (seal)
citation: CBCY 3, 228 NBC 09985
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-06-13 at 18:45:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Ditchey, Mallory | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024NBC,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 13},
title = {NBC 09985 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P301085},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P301085},
}
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