CT 04, pl. 19, Bu 1888-05-12, 0278 (P355783)

Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 078385

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na be-li2-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma ARAD2-{d}ul-masz-tum-ma
4. {disz}dingir-szu-ib-ni _ugula gidri_ ib-ba-qir
5. ra-de-ku-ma {disz}sin-i-qi2-sza-am _dub-sar_
6. asz-szum _a-sza3_ a-na i-pu-ul be-li2 i-di
7. i-na-an-na tup-pa-szu a-na {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
8. usz-ta-bi-lam
9. is-su2-ni-in-<ni>-ma a-an-na u2-ul a-pu-ul
10. be-li2 qi2-isz-ti-{d}AG li-isz-ta-al
11. _a-sza3-mesz_ sza _aga-us2-mesz_ a-na hu-ul-lu-qi2
12. pa-nu-sza sza-ak-nu
13. a-wi-lam a-bi _erin2_ u2-la-am#-[mi-id-ma]
14. {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _ugula_ x [x (x) (x)]
15. is-su2-szu-ma ki-ma _a-sza3_-am# bi-ra-am
reverse
1. a-na _aga-us2-mesz_ id-di-nu# [(x)]
2. a-an-na i-ta-pa-al [(x)]
3. tup-pi2 tam-li-tim sza mi-tu-tim#
4. ub-lu-nim-ma
5. _a-sza3_ e-ma _aga-us2-mesz_ s,a-ab-tu
6. u3 ka-aq-qa3-ra-tim
7. a-na mu-da-si-i at-ta-di
8. u3 mu-da-sa-a a-na _{gesz}x_
9. usz-te-ri-ib
10. _nu-<{gesz}>kiri6-mesz_ a-na ma-har be-li2-ia
11. li-qe2-ri-bu-nim-ma
12. sze-am _1(disz) sila3 sze_ a-na _ugula gidri_ sza-tu
13. la i-na-di-nu-<<ma>>
14. a-di be-li2 a-ma-at _aga-us2-mesz_
15. sza ka-ni-ka-ti-szu-nu na-szi-a-ku
16. i-sze-mu-u2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. [CT 04, pl. 19, Bu 1888-05-12, 0278 (Pinches1898-137674)]

    primary

  • N.d. [Frankena, Rintje, AbB 02 (1966) 090 (1539559)]

    history

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 078385
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0278

Created Creator Authors Project Reviewer Status
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Földi, Zsombor; Jiménez, Enrique Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved
2018-06-27 at 04:43:25 Jagersma, Abraham H. Jagersma, Abraham H. CDLI approved
2007-01-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Tinney, Steve CDLI approved

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 04, Pl. 19, Bu 1888-05-12, 0278 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355783.

CT 04, pl. 19, Bu 1888-05-12, 0278 artifact entry (No. P355783). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355783 (Original work published 2007)

CT 04, pl. 19, Bu 1888-05-12, 0278 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P355783 (Accessed: March 26, 2023).

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