FAOS 19, pl. 8, Ki 1 (P213213)

Letter tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1929-0160

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Carta.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. en-ma
2. ab-ba-a-a
3. a-na du-du-a
4. mi-num2
5. u3-la a-bi2 at-ta2
6. ma a-na 1(u) _sze bar_
7. u3-la ta2-qi2-pa2-an-ni
8. _e2_ e-ri2
9. szum-ma _ku3-babbar_
reverse
1. e3-ri2-szu-ka3
2. [a]-na#? 2(u) _gur_
3. [1/3(asz@c)]{sza} _gin2_ lu#-sa#-bi2-la#-kum
4. szum-ma a#-na _sag_
5. ma#? lu-sa-[bi2-la]-kum
6. at#-ta2 szu-s,i2-a-am
7. u3# _dumu_-ka3 szu#-up-ra#-szum#-ma
8. [su4]-ma#? li-isz-me

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: FAOS 19, pl. 8, Ki 1

    [Kienast1995FAOS19] Kienast, Burkhart, and Konrad Volk. 1995. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Briefe Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur (SAB). Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 19. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • history: MAD 5, 2

    [Gelb1970MAD5] Gelb, Ignace J. 1970. Sargonic Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 5. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.

  • history: Sargonic Akkadian, p. 2

    [Hasselbach2005] Hasselbach, R. 2005. “Sargonic Akkadian.”

  • history: EK 3, pl. 11

    [Langdon1930EK3] Langdon, Stephen H., and Louis C. Watelin. 1930. Excavations at Kish: The Herbert Weld (for the University of Oxford) and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) Expedition to Mesopotamia Vol. III 1925-1927. Vol. 3. Excavations at Kish. Paris: P. Geuthner. http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/amar/id/60507.

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  • Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 10:44:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-23 at 18:30:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“FAOS 19, Pl. 8, Ki 1 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213213.
FAOS 19, pl. 8, Ki 1 artifact entry (No. P213213). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213213 (Original work published 1970)
FAOS 19, pl. 8, Ki 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213213 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {FAOS 19, pl. 8, {Ki} 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P213213},
}


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