BIN 07, 051 (P292941)

Letter tablet 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 05495

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na t,a2-ri-di-im
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma wu-tu-ur-du-ni-ma
4. ni-pu-a-at
5. {disz}lu2-igi-sa6
6. la i-ne-ep-pi-u2
7. ni-pu-a-at
8. {disz}{d}nanna-ra-mu-gi4-ma
9. li-ip-pi-u2
reverse
1. szum-ma ha#-bi-il
2. an-ni-ki-a-am
3. {disz}er3-ra-ba-ni
4. wa-szi-ib
5. li-il-li-kam-ma
6. i nu-sze-sze-er-szu

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292941

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 68.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 21.0 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 05495
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008476
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5495

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 51

    [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 2, 08

    [Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.

  • history: AbB 9, 238

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

  • history: YNER 4, 42

    [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 5495

    [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 08:28:50 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292941.
BIN 07, 051 artifact entry (No. P292941). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292941 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292941 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292941},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 051 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292941.
BIN 07, 051 artifact entry (No. P292941). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292941 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 051 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292941 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 051 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292941},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292941
LB  - CDLI:P292941
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BIN 07, 051 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292941
ER  -
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