BIN 07, 023 (P292924)

Letter tablet & envelope excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), 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 05476

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ARAD2-ku-bi
2. qi2#-bi2#-ma
3. um-ma lu2-igi-sa6-ma
4. gu-szu-ri
5. ta-aq-bi-am-ma
reverse
1. a-na tu-uk-la-ti-ka
2. u2-la a-mu-ur
3. szu-bi-lam
envelope
obverse
1. a-na ARAD2#-ku-bi#
seal 1
1. lu2-igi-sa6
2. dumu a-li2-a-hu-um#

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
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 013808 (composite) (P514371) S013808 Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292924

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 43.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05476
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008457
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5476

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 23

    [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: MCS 1, 17

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: AbB 9, 210

    [Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.

  • history: YNER 4, 60

    [Walters1970water] Walters, Stanley D. 1970. Water for Larsa: An Old Babylonian Archive Dealing with Irrigation. Yale Near Eastern Researches 4. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 23, NBC 5476

    [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
2018-06-10 at 06:05:01 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292924.
BIN 07, 023 artifact entry (No. P292924). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292924 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292924 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292924},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292924},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292924.
BIN 07, 023 artifact entry (No. P292924). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292924 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292924 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292924},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292924},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292924
LB  - CDLI:P292924
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BIN 07, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292924
ER  -
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