BIN 02, 071 (P297172)

Letter tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 01268

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

82.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na BI-ia-a u3 i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur#_
2. sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu-nu-ti#
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um#-ma# i3-li2-a-pi2-li-ma
5. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk#_ asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi
6. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti
7. _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ku-nu s,i-bu-tam a-ia ir#-szi#
8. asz-szum ta-ri-ba-tum sza isz-tu _mu-3(disz)-[kam]_
9. _{gesz}kiri6 e2-gal_ s,a-ab-tu-u2-ma
10. _{lu2}sze-gur10-ku5_-szu i-il-la-ku DU?-[x]-LI?-ta-szu
11. i-ip-pa-lu u3 ki-ma re#-du-tim
12. [i]-li-ik _{gesz}kiri6_ sza-a-ti#
13. i-il-la-[ak]
14. ma#-asz-ka-an ku-zi-il-li
15. [...]-a-tim
reverse
1. [x x x x x]-ma
2. [x x x] _aga#-us2-mesz_ [x-x]-im
3. ID?-[x]-hi-ma [a]-na# _{gesz}kiri6_ i-[ha]-ba#-lu-szu
4. [x x] i-ba-asz-szi-i
5. [... x]-i-mu-ia
6. [...] x a-na-ku az-za-az#-ma
7. [...] x la i-ha-ba-lu
8. [... x]-IR?/NI?-ru-ma#
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [... x]-lu
12. ma#-na#-ha-at# [x x x] _ka2#-[dingir]-ra{ki}_
13. [...]
14. ma-har sza-pir _aga-us2-mesz_
15. a-pa-li-ia
left
1. u2-ul i-le#-i
2. a-na [x-x-x-x]

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P297172

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 82.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)
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 01268
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-004240
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.1268

References

  • primary: BIN 2, 71

    [Nies1920BIN2] Nies, James B., and Clarence E. Keiser. 1920. Historical, Religious and Economic Texts and Antiquities. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Vol. 2. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: ZA 106, p.138-174, p. 140

    [deBoer2016harvestlabor] Boer, Rients de, and Gudrun Colbow. 2016. “From the Yaḫrūrum Šaplûm Archives: The Administration of Harvest Labor Undertaken by Soldiers from Uruk and Malgium.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 106: 138–74.

  • history: AbB 9, 187

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

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 12, NBC 1268

    [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
2019-06-23 at 13:06:07 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-19 at 09:23:32 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:46:26 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:44:23 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-07 at 09:50:44 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 02, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297172.
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (No. P297172). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 02, 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 02, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297172.
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (No. P297172). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 02, 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P297172
LB  - CDLI:P297172
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BIN 02, 071 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P297172
ER  -
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