SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 (P469251)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023716 + BM 095435

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption Pieces of a tablet)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (adoption Pieces of a tablet)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

Fincke, SCCNH 10, 308Fincke, SCCNH 10, 308

CDLI number	P469251 P202379 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P469251

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience	Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 023716 + BM 095435
Accession Number	1898-02-15, 0098 + 1901-10-12, 1088

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.23716
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0215-98

References

primary: SANTAG 4, 6 & 151

[Müller1998SANTAG4] Müller, Gerfrid G. W. 1998. Londoner Nuzi-Texte. SANTAG. Arbeiten Und Untersuchungen Zur Keilschriftkunde 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
history: SCCNH 10, 308-309, no. 1

[Fincke1999SCCNH10] Fincke, Jeanette C. 1999. “More Joins from the Collection of the British Museum Arrapbe Texts.” In Nuzi at Seventy-Five, 10:307–12. Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians. CDLPress Bethesda, Maryland.
history: JAOS 124, p.305-314

[Maidman2004] Maidman, Maynard P. 2004. “The British Museum Nuzi Tablets.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 124: 305–14.
citation: CBT 3, ,

[CBT32006] Sigrist, Marcel, Ran Zadok, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2006. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 3. British Museum Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-08-31 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Walker, Christopher B. F.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P469251.

SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry (No. P469251). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469251 (Original work published 2014)

SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469251 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469251},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P469251.

SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry (No. P469251). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469251 (Original work published 2014)

SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469251 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469251},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - SANTAG 4, 006 & 151 artifact entry
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