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Adab 0661 (P217478)

Letter tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A00661

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Carta.)

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tablet
obverse
1. [...-ra]
2. [u3-na]-du11
3. nam-tar-re2-e
4. na-be2-a
5. 1(asz@c) ansze
6. UN-gal-ka
7. szu-ni-AN dub-sar
8. ba-an-de6
9. 1(asz@c) i3-sa6-sa6
10. [...]
reverse
1. [ba-an-DU]
2. e2 ur-{gesz}gigir2
3. dumu lugal-KA-ke4
4. ba-ab-lah5-he-esz2
5. 1(bur3@c) GAN2 ki gesz-i3-ka
6. szabra e2-ke4
7. [in]-na-szum2-ma-a
8. [...] x
9. [...]

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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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Letter (Carta.)
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Related publications

primary: PPAC 1, 0661

[Yang1989Adab] Yang, Zhi. 1989. Sargonic Inscriptions from Adab. Vol. 1. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations. Changchun : IHAC.
history: FAOS 19, Ad 14

[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: Michalowski Letters, no. 27

[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: OIM A00661
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Chronology

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-23 at 18:30:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-08-18 at 10:24:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Atf	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:20	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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Oriental Institute Integrated Database (3b4cf7fd-ebec-4bcc-bcfa-9eb28e1fe7bd)

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“Adab 0661 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478.

Adab 0661 artifact entry (No. P217478). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478 (Original work published 1970)

Adab 0661 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {Adab 0661 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478},
}

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“Adab 0661 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478.

Adab 0661 artifact entry (No. P217478). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478 (Original work published 1970)

Adab 0661 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {Adab 0661 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217478},
}

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ER  -

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