CTMMA 1, 070 (P273575)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MMA X.706.4 (= MMA 79.07.039)

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [{d}x x li]-ba#-al-li-it,-ka
2'. [lu sza]-al-ma-a-ta
3'. [{disz}{d}]suen#-isz-me-a-ni _ensi2_
4'. [a-na] ma-ah-ri-ka at,-t,ar-dam
5'. [i]-na# _sze_-e sza _e2_ {d}inanna
6'. [sza] e-te-<lu>-u2-ma szi-pa-as-si2-ia#
7'. ad-du-u2
8'. _1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}marduk
9'. a#-na {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni _ensi2_
10'. szu-un-ni
reverse
(erased)
blank space

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)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P273575
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P273575

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	50.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 20.0 mm
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 X.706.4 (= MMA 79.07.039)
Accession Number

References

primary: Stol, CTMMA 1, 70

[Stol1988CTMMA1] Stol, Marten. 1988. “Old Babylonian Texts (Nos. 48-70): Letters (Nos. 69, 70).” In Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C., edited by Ira Spar, 87–91. 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
2018-09-05 at 11:12:20	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2005-08-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 1, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273575.

CTMMA 1, 070 artifact entry (No. P273575). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273575 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 070 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273575 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 1, 070 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273575.

CTMMA 1, 070 artifact entry (No. P273575). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273575 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 070 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273575 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {CTMMA 1, 070 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273575},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273575},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/10/25/
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