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CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 (P357239)

Literary letter and letter-prayer tablet excavated in Isin (mod. Bahriyat), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Isin (mod. Bahriyat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.01 Letter from Ur-saga to a King (witness) Letter)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1-2. lugal# [gu4 igi gun3 su6 {na4}]za-gin3# la2#-mu#-ur2
3. [...]
4. [alan] ku3#-[sig17 u4] du10#-ga du2-[da]
5. [...]
6-7. en [nir]-gal2# {d}inanna-mu-[ur2] u3#-na#-de3#-[dah]
8-9. za-e dim2-ma-[zu] dumu# an-na-me#-en#
10-11. du11-ga-zu inim dingir-ra-gin7# ur5 nu-gi4#-gi4#-dam
12-13. [inim]-zu# im# szeg3-ge26 szid nu-du12-du12-dam
14. ur-sa6-ga ARAD2?-zu na-ab#-[be2-a]
15-16. lugal-mu bar-ga2 en3-li bi2-in-tar dumu uri2{ki}-ma-me-en
17-18. tukum-bi lugal-mu u3-na-an-du10
19. e2 ab-ba-mu lu2 nam-ba#-ab-tum3
20. ki-ur3 ab-ba-mu lu2 nam-[mu-da-an]-kar#-re#
21. lugal-mu he2-en-zu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (ETCSL 3.03.01 Letter from Ur-saga to a King (witness) Letter)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Isin 4 (pp. 102-143), 105

[Krebernik1992Isin4] Krebernik, Manfred. 1992. “Inschriften: Die Textfunde Der 9. Kampagne (1986).” Isin-Išān Baḥrīyāt IV : Die Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen 1986-1989, Isin-Išān Baḥrīyāt, 4: 102–43.

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Museum No.: IM —
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Provenience

Provenience: Isin (mod. Bahriyat)
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Excavation No: IB 1706
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-01 at 13:51:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2016-08-23 at 17:09:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-08-23 at 16:55:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-08-23 at 16:54:30	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-08-23 at 16:54:07	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2016-08-23 at 08:30:49	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-19 at 12:11:18	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2007-01-29 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (3.3.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (3.3.1)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P357239)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000573 (Letter from Ur-saga to a King) composite (P473736)	View the score

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“CDLI Literary 000573, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239.

CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P357239). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239 (Accessed: October 10, 2024).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/1/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P357239
LB  - CDLI:P357239
M1  - 2024/10/10/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239
ER  -

“CDLI Literary 000573, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239.

CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P357239). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239 (Original work published 2007)

CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239 (Accessed: October 10, 2024).

@misc{2024CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/1/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P357239
LB  - CDLI:P357239
M1  - 2024/10/10/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000573, ex. 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P357239
ER  -

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