MC 4, 61 (P215486)

Legal tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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 043453

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale Venta de una persona.)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] gin2# ku3-babbar
2. [nig2-sa10] 1(asz@c) en-nig2-kas4-kam
3. [...]-x-ama-ni
4. kar-du3 azlag4 gada
5. geme2-e2
6. dam# kar-du3
7. ku3-bi szu-ne-ne-a
8. ab-si
9. gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala-e-esz2
10. en-za-ra dam-gar3
11. lu2 gesz-erin2 dab5-ba-am3
reverse
1. ur-{d}a-ba-ba
2. lu2 sag sa10-am3
3. 1(asz@c) ur-sa6 dub-sar
4. 1(asz@c) lu2-kal-la aszgab
5. szesz lu2-sa6 aszgab
6. 1(asz@c) x-nam nu-esz3
7. dam sanga-ke4
8. mu-gi4
9. nig2-na-me nu-da-tuku
10. inim#-mu-ta he2-sa10#-sa10 bi2-du11
11. lu2#-ki-inim-ma-bi-me

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Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale Venta de una persona.)
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  • primary: MC 4, 61

    [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.

  • history: OIP 104, 215

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

  • history: ZA 63 (pp. 145-271), p. 242-45, no. 19 (transliteration, translation)[1974]

    [Krecher1973ZA63] Krecher, Joachim. 1973. “Neue Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des 3. Jahrtausends.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 63: 145–271.

  • history: MC 4, 61

    [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.

  • history: Sumer 13, 133 A

    [vanDijk1957Sumer13] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1957. “Textes Divers Du Musée de Baghdad, II.” Sumer 13: 65–133.

  • history: TIM 9, 99

    [vanDijk1976TIM9] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1976. Texts of Varying Content. Texts in the Iraq Museum 9. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: IM 043453
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 15:45:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:52 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“MC 4, 61 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215486.
MC 4, 61 artifact entry (No. P215486). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215486 (Original work published 1970)
MC 4, 61 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215486 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {MC 4, 61 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P215486},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215486},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P215486
LB  - CDLI:P215486
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - MC 4, 61 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P215486
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MC 4, 61 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215486.
MC 4, 61 artifact entry (No. P215486). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215486 (Original work published 1970)
MC 4, 61 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215486 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
@misc{2024MC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {MC 4, 61 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P215486},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215486},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P215486
LB  - CDLI:P215486
M1  - 2025/11/9/
TI  - MC 4, 61 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P215486
ER  -
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