Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 (P302901)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 00848

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (year-name promulgation)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 74.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. mu ri-im-{d}a-nu-um lugal-e
 en: The year in which King Rim-Anum,
2. ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum# ugnim# esz3-nun-na i3-si-in{ki} ka-zal-lu e-ne-bi-ta-gin7
 en: the (forces of) the land of Emutbalum, the armies of Eshnunna, Isin and Kazallu, as if all together (with him),
3. unu{ki}-sze3 me3-a in-szi-su8-esz-am3#
 en: having presented themselves at Uruk for war,
4. gar3#-dar# erin2-na-bi# mi-ni-in-gar-ra
 en: inflicted a defeat upon their troops.
5. nig2-ul-du3-a-ta# unu{ki} sahar-ra la-ba-dub#?-ab#?-ba
 en: Since time immemorial Uruk had never experienced (such) a dust storm (raised by a foreign army),
6. sahar ba-dub?-ba-a-ba mi#-ni#-in#-szar2#-szar2-re
 en: but after the dust storm settled, he slaughtered (all of them)
7. nam-a2-gal2-la-a-ni kalam-ma mi#-ni-in#-ri#-a
 en: and by his power ejected (them all) from the homeland.
reverse
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Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (year-name promulgation)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P302901

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 74.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation (Surface: Fair)

Provenance

Provenience Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NCBT 00848
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.848

References

  • primary: Fs Van Lerberghe p.425-434, p. 432-433

    [Michalowski2012promulgation] Michalowski, Piotr, and Gary Beckman. 2012. “The Promulgation of the Name of the Third Year of Rim-Anum of Uruk.” In The Ancient Near East, a Life! Festschrift Karel Van Lerberghe, edited by Tom Boiy, 425–34. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 220. Leuven: Peeters.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-08-18 at 20:32:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Towards Universal Access to Cuneiform Heritage Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-12-10 at 06:51:12 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-30 at 01:45:47 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-30 at 01:44:12 Firth, Richard Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-11-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P302901.
Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 artifact entry (No. P302901). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P302901 (Original work published 2017)
Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P302901 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P302901.
Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 artifact entry (No. P302901). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P302901 (Original work published 2017)
Fs Van Lerberghe 432-433 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P302901 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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