HSS 14, 032 (P408666)

Letter tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1999.02.015

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (SM catalogue: horses?)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 21.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [um-ma] _lugal_-ma
2. _ansze#-kur-ra_ ak#-[ka-nu]
3. [sza] _e2-gal_-li3
4. [u3] {disz}sza-at-ta-u2-az-[za]
5. a-na {disz}a-kip-ta-sze-en#-[ni] _si3#_-nu
6. _iti_ [hi]-a-ri
7. i-gam2-ma-ar
8. u3 _iti_ hi-in#-[zu]-ri#-we#
9. 1(u)-szu i-na-sa3-ah
reverse
1. u3 a-na
2. {disz}sza-at-ta-u2-az#-za#
3. u2-ta-ar
  single ruling
  blank space

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Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 50.0 wide × 21.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: repaired; upper right corner missing.
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: HSS 14, 32

    [Lacheman1950HSS14] Lacheman, Ernest R. 1950. Excavations at Nuzi. Volume V: Miscellaneous Texts from Nuzi. Part 2: The Palace and Temple Archives. Harvard Semitic Series 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1999.02.015
  • Accession No.: (SMN) 2249 (SM catalogue: 4065)

  • Provenience: Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe) Provenience Comments:

    Nuzi, palace, room N 120

  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square: N 120
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-08-05 at 02:53:04 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

W. Mayer AOAT 2015/1, n° 234; W. Chow, Kings and Queens, p. 150; C. Zaccagnini, Or Ant. 13 (1974), p. 29-30.

Cite this Artifact
“HSS 14, 032 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408666.
HSS 14, 032 artifact entry (No. P408666). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408666
HSS 14, 032 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408666 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	title = {HSS 14, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P408666},
}


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