Farmer's Instructions 205-206 (P333845)

Lexical tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023331

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Farmer's Almanac)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

99.0 mm × 108.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Farmer's Almanac)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P333845
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P333845

Physical information

lentil

Artifact type	Tablet lentil
Dimensions	99.0 mm × 108.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	complete (Surface: Good)

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 023331
Accession Number	1897-05-15, 0009

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.23331
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P333845
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P333845
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1897-0515-9

References

primary: Georgica, 205-206

[Civil1994Georgica] Civil, Miguel. 1994. The Farmer’s Instructions : A Sumerian Agricultural Manual. Vol. 5. Aula Orientalis. Supplementa. Sabadell-Barcelona : AUSA.
history: Fs Klein (pp. 311-321), 320-321

[Veldhuis2005FsKlein] Veldhuis, Niek. 2005. “Lexical Bits and Pieces.” In “An Experienced Scribe Who Neglects Nothing”. Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Jacob Klein, 311–21. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-01 at 09:24:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 17:11:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 17:07:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2006-08-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P333845.

Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 artifact entry (No. P333845). (2024, September 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P333845 (Original work published 2006)

Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P333845 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P333845},
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Cite this Artifact

“Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P333845.

Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 artifact entry (No. P333845). (2024, September 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P333845 (Original work published 2006)

Farmer’s Instructions 205-206 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P333845 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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