CTMMA 1, 068 (P273573)

Administrative tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

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Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 11.217.26

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sza3-gal 4(u) 5(disz) <sag-nita2>
2. 1(ban2) sza3-gal 2(disz) gu4 tu-<ra>
3. 5(disz) sila3 sza3-gal szah2
4. 1(disz) sila3 sza3-gal <amar> szah2 wa-li-tum
5. 1(ban2) dabin
6. 2(disz) sila3 zi3-ISZ#?-gu
7. 2(disz) sila3 dah-hu
8. 2(disz) sila3 sa3-an-na-qum
9. 2(disz) sila3 su2-ka-li2-ia
10. 2(disz) sila3 {d}nanna-a2#-mah#
11. 2(disz) sila3 im#-gur-sin
12. 2(disz) sila3 sin-i-din-nam
13. 2(disz) sila3 sin-en-ne-en#
14. 2(disz) sila3 ki-ma-a-hu-um
15. 2(disz) sila3 ARAD-e2-dub
reverse
1. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ba-al-t,u2-ia
2. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3# [...] x x
3. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ARAD#-[{d}mar]-tu#
4. 1(disz) sila3 sin#-ga#-mi#-el#
5. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3# li#-isz-li-ma-am
6. 4(disz) sila3 dah-hu
blank space
7. szunigin 2(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
8. iti ezem {d}iszkur
9. u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P273573
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P273573

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number	MMA 11.217.26
Accession Number

References

primary: CTMMA 1, p.64-87, 68

[Sigrist1988commercial] Sigrist, Marcel. 1988. “Old Babylonian Texts (Nos. 48-70): Commercial and Legal Texts (Nos. 48-68).” In Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C., edited by Ira Spar, 64–87. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-27 at 16:32:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-04 at 14:00:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-09-10 at 10:32:25	Woestenburg, Els	Transliteration	Woestenburg, Els	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2005-08-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 1, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273573.

CTMMA 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P273573). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273573 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 068 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273573 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 1, 068 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273573.

CTMMA 1, 068 artifact entry (No. P273573). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273573 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 068 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273573 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {CTMMA 1, 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273573},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273573},
}

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M1  - 2026/11/1/
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