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JCS 70, 57-59 (P310473)

Letter tablet dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 09955

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

85.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na su2-mu-a-bu-um#
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma za-za-na-tum-ma
4. {d}en-lil2 a-na be-li2
5. um-ma-na-ti-im
6. isz-ta-ka3-an-ka3
7. szum-ma a-bu-um
8. u3 be-lum at-ta
9. la-la-a-tum
10. a-na _dumu_ a-mu-ri-im
11. szi-i-ma i-di-in
12. u3 a-na-ku
13. la-la-a-tum
14. u3 a-a-la-la
reverse
1. a-na pa-x-[...]
2. na-x-[...]
rest traces
left
1. sza i-in-ka ma-ah-ru
2. e-pu-usz

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 85.0 high × 44.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: JCS 70, p.53-86, p. 57-59

[deBoer2018Babylon] Boer, Rients de. 2018. “Beginnings of Old Babylonian Babylon. Sumu-Abum and Sumu-La-El.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 70 (1): 53–86. https://doi.org/10.5615/jcunestud.70.2018.0053.
history: de Boer diss., p. 460

[deBoer2014Amorites] Boer, Rients de. 2014. “Amorites in the Early Old Babylonian Period.” Phdthesis, Universiteit Leiden. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/25842.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 190 YBC 9955

[BeckmanCBCY4] Beckman, Gary. 2000. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 4. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 09955
Accession No.:

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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2020-05-14 at 10:35:05	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-023954) (BC-023954)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.9955) (YBC.9955)

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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 70, 57-59 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P310473.

JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry (No. P310473). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P310473 (Original work published 2006)

JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P310473 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P310473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P310473},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 70, 57-59 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P310473.

JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry (No. P310473). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P310473 (Original work published 2006)

JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P310473 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {JCS 70, 57-59 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P310473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P310473},
}

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