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TCL 20, 148 (P357714)

Letter tablet & envelope excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08773

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
blank space
seal impression
1. [a]-na a-wa-at t,up-pi2-[im ih-da]
blank space
seal impression
reverse
broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TCL 20 = TC 3, 148

[Lewy1936TCL20] Lewy, Julius. 1936. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Troisième Série. Deuxième Partie. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 20. Paris: Paul Geuthner.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: AO 08773
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
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Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2019-06-21 at 07:58:16	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2017-10-13 at 15:03:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-11-11 at 22:54:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Louvre Collections (cl010124258) (cl010124258)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 20, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357714.

TCL 20, 148 artifact entry (No. P357714). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357714 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 20, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357714 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 20, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357714},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 20, 148 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357714.

TCL 20, 148 artifact entry (No. P357714). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357714 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 20, 148 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357714 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 20, 148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357714},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357714
LB  - CDLI:P357714
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - TCL 20, 148 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357714
ER  -