Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
SM 1899.02.135Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (letter order SM catalogue: letter)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
50.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 18.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
| Period | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P405912 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P405912 |
| Provenience | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
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| Collection(s) |
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Museum Number | SM 1899.02.135 |
| Accession Number | 01513 (SM catalogue: 0466) |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) | 187821 |
primary: CDLB 2012/003
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-11-29 at 11:58:38 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2012-10-20 at 08:54:25 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2010CDLB,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
year = {2010},
month = {jun 4},
title = {CDLB 2012/003 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P405912},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405912},
}
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