OECT 13, 288 (P385817)

Legal envelope excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Bod AB 231

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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envelope
obverse
1. _[n GAN2] a-sza3_ i-na ha-an-ta-a{ki#?}
2. _us2-sa-du [a]-sza3# hal-ha-lum
3. u3 _us2-sa-[du] a-sza3_ a-bi-<a>-ra-ah
4. _sag-bi_ x [x (x)]-ri-im
5. _sa10# til-la-[ni]-sze3#_
6. _3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 [ku3-babbar] in#-na-la2_
7. _ki_ mu#-x#-[...]
8. _dumu_ [...]
9. {disz}[s,i-su2-na-aw-ra-at]
  Goddeeris, OLA 109 (2002) p. 284 and compare: Edinburgh 59 = PSBA 33 (1911) 234 no. 17
10. [_in-szi-sa10_]
  rest broken
1'. _mu#_ [{d}za-ba4-ba4]
2'. u3 [ia-wi-um]
3'. _in-pa3#-[de3-esz]_
reverse
1. _igi_ ba-bu-um
2. _igi_ ma-ar-si2-la-[ku?]
3. _dumu-mesz_ u2-na-nu-um
4. _igi_ sa3-al-sa3-lum
5. _dumu_ mu-ta-tum
6. _igi_ bu-ur2-ga#-nu-um
7. _dumu_ ia-ku-ub-el3
8. _igi_ su2-sa3-lum _dumu_ ik-ka-ru-um
9. _igi_ hal-ha-lum
10. _dumu_ szu#-ha-nu-um
11. _iti kin-{d}inanna_
12. _mu {kusz}a2-la2 UD? [(...)]_
seal 1
  illegible

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)

  • Artifact type: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope only

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    envelope only

  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OECT 13, 288

    [Dalley1991OECT13] Dalley, Stephanie, and Norman Yoffee. 1991. Old Babylonian Texts in the Ashmolean Museum. Texts from Kish and Elsewhere. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 13. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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  • Museum No.: Bod AB 231
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  • Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-08-15 at 10:00:41 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-08-15 at 09:59:58 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-08-15 at 09:57:14 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2008-05-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OECT 13, 288 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385817.
OECT 13, 288 artifact entry (No. P385817). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385817 (Original work published 2008)
OECT 13, 288 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385817 (Accessed: March 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 13, 288 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385817},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385817},
}

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