CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0418 (P385844)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080282

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

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
1. _8(disz) sar ki-gal2_
2. sza a-na _3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_
3. isz-sza-mu
4. {disz}{d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, [_dumu_] hu-ul-li-SZI
6. _5(disz) sar ki-gal2_ mi-isz-lam#
7. it-ba-al-ma i-te-pu-usz
8. s,u2-ha-ar-szu _mu <n>-kam_
9. i-na li-ib-bi a-szi-ib
10. um-ma a-na-ku-ma gu-um-me-er-ma
11. _ku3-babbar_-am id-nam
12. _ku3-babbar_-am u2-ul id-di-nam
13. u3 _e2_ ha-ab-la-an-ni
14. _2(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ s,i-bi-it _aga-us2_
15. 1(disz) a-lik i-di-ia
16. sza ki-nu-un-szu be2-lu-u2
17. _iri{ki}_ id-di-nam-ma
reverse
1. isz-tu _mu 3(u)-kam_
2. a-ak-ka-al
3. i-na-an-na a-di a-na-ku
4. i-na har-ra-an be-li2-ia ka-ta
5. i-na zimbir{ki} wa-asz-ba-ku
6. mi-szi-il _a-sza3_-ia
7. szi-bu-ut _iri{ki}_ il-qu2-ma
8. a-na sza-ni-i-im-ma it-ta-ad-[nu]
9. be-li2 at-ta _e2 ki-gal2_
10. du-bu-ub-ma le-qi2
11. tup-pi2-ia a-na be-li2-ia lu-ub-lam
12. u3 _a-sza3_-am sza ha-<ab>-lu-ni-in-ni
13. szi-bu-ut _iri{ki}_ li-sze-lu-nim
14. _a-sza3_-am li-te-er-ru-nim-ma
15. la a-ma-at
16. be-li2 at-ta i-zi-iz-za
17. {d}marduk ra-im-ka
18. a-na szu-te-szu-ri-im
19. i-na ki-it-tim ib-ni-ka

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: CT 6, 27b

    [Pinches1898CT6] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 6. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: AbB 2, 111

    [Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.

  • history: von Soden, Wolfram, BiOr 24 (1967) 335,

    [sec100041] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 080282
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0418

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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
2018-06-27 at 07:51:59 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2008-05-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CT 06, Pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0418 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385844.
CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0418 artifact entry (No. P385844). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385844 (Original work published 2008)
CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0418 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385844 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 06, pl. 27, {Bu} 1891-05-09, 0418 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385844},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P385844
LB  - CDLI:P385844
M1  - 2024/3/29/
TI  - CT 06, pl. 27, Bu 1891-05-09, 0418 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P385844
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.