Education in the Earliest Schools 054 (P388288)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

SC 3, 024b

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) c. 1800
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388288
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388288

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain) antiquities market
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Number	SC 3, 024b
Accession Number	52176

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Old Babylonian Model Contracts (OBMC)	P388288
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P388288

References

primary: Education in the Earliest Schools, no. 54

[Wilson2008Education] Wilson, Mark. 2008. Education in the Earliest Schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2009-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Spada, Gabriella; Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 054 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P388288.

Education in the Earliest Schools 054 artifact entry (No. P388288). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388288 (Original work published 2009)

Education in the Earliest Schools 054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388288 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 054 Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P388288.

Education in the Earliest Schools 054 artifact entry (No. P388288). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388288 (Original work published 2009)

Education in the Earliest Schools 054 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388288 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {Education in the {Earliest} {Schools} 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388288},
}

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