BIN 08, 160 (P221572)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Mugdan/Umm al-Jir), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05886

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Mugdan/Umm al-Jir)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(u) _mir_ 4(u)
2. 3(u) _la2 2(disz@45) kur_ 3(u) 5(disz)
3. _a-sza3 2(esze3)# 4(iku)#? GAN2# 3(iku) 5(u)# szar#_
4. _GAN2# ki bar-gal2_
  bar GAN2# ki gal2
5. i3-za-za
6. _ARAD2_ ib-ni-be-lum
7. 3(iku) 1/4(iku) _GAN2_ 3(iku)
8. 5(u) 5(disz) _kur_ 5(u) 3(disz)
9. 3(u) _la2 3(disz@45) u5 4(u) la2_ 2(disz@45)
10. _a-sza3 2(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2_ 3(iku)
11. mu-mu
12. _dumu_ tab6-si-ga
13. x _i7_ KAD4 PA-x-x
column 2
1. 3(u) 2(disz) _mir i3-HI_
2. 1(u) _kur i3-HI_
3. _a-sza3 3(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2_ 3(iku)
4. 5(disz) _kur i3-HI_
5. 1(u) 3(disz) _mir i3-HI_
6. _a-sza3 1/2(iku) GAN2_ 1(u) 5(disz)# x
7. e2-a-mu-da#
8. _dumu_ i-nin-la#-ba#
9. 5(u) _la2 3(disz@45) mar_ 4(u)
10. 1(iku) 4(disz) _u5 i3-HI#_
11. _a-sza3 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2_ [...]
12. 1(esze3) 3(iku) _GAN2 1(esze3) bar-gal2_
13. 2(u) 5(disz) _mir i3-HI_
14. 1(u) (disz) _mar_ 1(u) 5(disz)
reverse
column 1
1. _a-sza3 3(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(u) 2(disz) <szar>_
2. 3(u) _la2 2(disz@45) u5#_ 2(u)
3. 2(u) _kur_ 2(u) 5(disz)
4. _a-sza3 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 x sze#_
5. 1/4(iku) _GAN2 bar-gal2_
6. dingir-ur-sag
7. u3 ARAD-su-ni
8. 1(u) _mar_ 1(u) 3(disz)
9. 5(u) 5(disz) _u5 i3-HI_
10. _a-sza3 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 sze_
11. dingir-nu-id
12. 1(u) 3(disz) _mar_ 1(u) 5(disz)
13. 1(u) _mir i3-HI_
14. _a-sza3 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 sze_
15. tu-tu
16. szu _dumu_ be-lu-lu
17. 4(u) 4(disz) _kur_ 5(u)
column 2
1. 2(u) _mir_ 2(u) 5(disz)
2. _a#-sza3# 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2_
3. [...]-x-NI-SIG
4. 2(u)# _la2# 1(disz#45)# mir# i3-HI_
5. 5(disz)# _kur#_ 1(u)
6. _a#-sza3# 1(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2_
7. x-da#-mu
8. be-li-ba-na
  blank space
9. NI-NI-ib{ki}
  blank space

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BIN 8, 160

    [Hackman1958BIN8] Hackman, George G. 1958. Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts from Predynastic Times to the End of the Akkad Dynasty. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Foster Land, 107

    [Foster1982Land] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Administration and Use of Institutional Land in Sargonic Sumer. Vol. 9. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen : Akademisk forlag.

  • history: MC 4, pl. 86-87

    [Steinkeller1992MC4] Steinkeller, Piotr, and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1992. Third-Millennium Legal and Administrative Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Mesopotamian Civilizations 4. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 05886
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:31:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-11-28 at 14:34:46 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 08, 160 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221572.
BIN 08, 160 artifact entry (No. P221572). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221572 (Original work published 2003)
BIN 08, 160 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221572 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {BIN 08, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221572},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P221572},
}


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