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MCS 9, 251 (P215522)

Letter tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 56.22.251

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Measurements

60.0 mm × 47.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. en-ma
2. _szabra# e2_
3. a-na me-sag2
4. _1(u@c) 1(asz@c) dug 1(ban2@c) i3-ab2_
5. 2(u@c) dug 2(ban2@c) _i3-nun_
6. _3(asz) 1(barig) ga-ar3 gur_
7. a-na da-da
8. [szi?] i#-di3-er3-ra
9. [a]-na#? uz-ga
reverse
1. li#-di3-in
2. en-uri3
3. _dub-sar-e_
4. _mu-kux(DU)_
blank space
5. [n] mu 7(disz@t) iti

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

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World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 47.0 wide
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Genre(s): Letter
Language(s):

Related publications

primary: MCS 9, 251

[Donald1964MCS9] Donald, Trevor. 1964. Old Akkadian Tablets in the Liverpool Museum. Manchester Cuneiform Studies, vol. 9.
history: BAR IS 2135, Text 36

[Cripps2010Liverpool] Cripps, Eric L. 2010. Sargonic and Presargonic Texts in the World Museum Liverpool. BAR International Series 2135. Oxford: Archaeopress.
history: FAOS 19, Um 2

[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.
citation: USP, p. 136-137

[Foster1982USP] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, Volume 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: WML 56.22.251
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-23 at 18:30:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther	Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2019-06-21 at 14:23:53	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-05-05 at 09:55:25	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Atf	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:53	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
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

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Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (3702)

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“MCS 9, 251 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522.

MCS 9, 251 artifact entry (No. P215522). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522 (Original work published 1970)

MCS 9, 251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).

@misc{2024MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {MCS 9, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522},
}

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ER  -

“MCS 9, 251 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522.

MCS 9, 251 artifact entry (No. P215522). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522 (Original work published 1970)

MCS 9, 251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).

@misc{2024MCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {MCS 9, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P215522
LB  - CDLI:P215522
M1  - 2025/3/19/
TI  - MCS 9, 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P215522
ER  -

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