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TCL 20, 189 (P357755)

Letter tablet 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 09335

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) _tug2_ qa2-tam2
2. ha-nu il5-qe2

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: TCL 20 = TC 3, 189

[Lewy1936TCL20] Lewy, Julius. 1936. Tablettes Cappadociennes. Troisième Série. Deuxième Partie. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 20. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Ulshöfer, APU, 492

[Ulshöfer1995APU] Ulshöfer, Andrea M. 1995. Die Altassyrischen Privaturkunden. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 4. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: AO 09335
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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	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	approved
2009-11-11 at 22:54:08	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved
2006-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 20, 189 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357755.

TCL 20, 189 artifact entry (No. P357755). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357755 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 20, 189 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357755 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 20, 189 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357755},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357755},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357755
LB  - CDLI:P357755
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - TCL 20, 189 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357755
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TCL 20, 189 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357755.

TCL 20, 189 artifact entry (No. P357755). (2023, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357755 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 20, 189 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357755 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2023TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {TCL 20, 189 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357755},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357755},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P357755
LB  - CDLI:P357755
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - TCL 20, 189 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357755
ER  -