BIN 07, 085 (P292818)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05359

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _5(asz) gur sze ur5-ra_
2. _masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta-a-an_
3. u2-s,a-ab
4. _ki_ {d}utu u3 gi-da-nu-um
5. {disz}{d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
6. _dumu#_ nu-ur2-li-ib-bi
7. _[szu] ba-an-ti_
8. i#-na _iti_ sza-du-tim
reverse
1. sze-a-am u3 _masz2-bi_
2. _i3-ag2-e_
3. _igi_ i-li2-ma-a-hi
4. _dumu_ ARAD2-{d}mar-tu
5. {disz}{d}utu-tab{e}
6. _dumu_ id-di-ia
7. {disz}sza-am-hu-um
8. _dumu_ be-el-szu-nu
9. {disz}il3-szu-a-bu-szu
10. _dumu_ szar-ru-sza
11. _igi_ {d#}sin#-szub-szum _dub-sar_
left
1. _mu bad3 dumu-a-ni# ba#-du3#_
envelope
  (to do)
seal 1
1. {d}[nanna-ma]-an-szum2
2. _dumu_ nu-ur2-li-bi
3. _ARAD2_ i?-ba?-al?-pi?-el?

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000167 (composite) (P430266) S000167 Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) Ibal-pi-el2.00.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292818

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05359
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008340
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5359

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 85

    [Alexander1943BIN7] Alexander, John B. 1943. Early Babylonian Letters and Economic Texts. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 7. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: RIME 4, .05.20.2008, ex. 01 (seal only)

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 116 no. 34

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 17, NBC 5359

    [Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-05-12 at 21:01:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-04-29 at 11:54:55 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-04-29 at 07:18:29 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-02-20 at 03:07:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292818.
BIN 07, 085 artifact entry (No. P292818). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292818 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292818 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292818},
}


TY  - ELEC
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TI  - BIN 07, 085 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292818.
BIN 07, 085 artifact entry (No. P292818). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292818 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292818 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292818},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292818
LB  - CDLI:P292818
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - BIN 07, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292818
ER  -
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