JCS 11, 108 03 (P472656)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Museum Number

CUA 030

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}utu-be-li-u2-s,ur
2. qi2-bi2-ma#
3. um-ma a-li-x-[...-ma]
4. {d}utu u3 {d}amar-utu li#-[ba-al]-li-t,u2-ka#
5. asz-szum a-wa-tim sza te-zi#-ba-am
6. um-ma at-ta-a-ma _u4 1(u)-kam_
7. usz-sza-ba-am-ma a-sza-pa-ra-ak-ki#
8. i-na-an-na _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_ im-ta#-lu#
Thus Goetze. CAD M/1 p. 180b reads at the end: im-la(!)
9. a-na mi-nim la ta#-[asz-pu-ra-am]
reverse
1. uz-na-ia ma-la-a szu-[...]
2. ba-szi-a-ma an-ni-it-tam#
3. la an-ni-it#-tam# szu#-up-ra#-[am-ma]
4. lu-qu2-ul [...]-x szi-i
5. la ba-i-tum# [a-na] x x x
6. pa-nu#-ka# sza#-ak#-[nu]
7. an-ni#-it#-ta# u2-[qa?-a?]-ka
8. me#-hi-ir tup-pi2-ia#
9. szu#-bi#-lam-ma lu-qu2-ul
10. szum#-ma a-la-kum u2#-ul# na#-t,u2#
11. tup#-pa#-ka sza a-x-[...]
12. [szu-up]-ra#-am#
left
1. a-na mi-nim la ta-asz-pu-ra-am

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P472656
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472656

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Museum Number	CUA 030
Accession Number

References

primary: JCS 11 (pp. 106-109), 108 03

[Goetze1957Letters] Goetze, Albrecht. 1957. “Old Babylonian Letters in American Collections: I. Catholic University of America (Washington, D. C.).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 11 (4): 106–9. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359026.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-04 at 18:33:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-08-06 at 10:29:27	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-12-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Gross, Andrew	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 11, 108 03 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472656.

JCS 11, 108 03 artifact entry (No. P472656). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472656 (Original work published 2014)

JCS 11, 108 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472656 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 11, 108 03 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472656.

JCS 11, 108 03 artifact entry (No. P472656). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472656 (Original work published 2014)

JCS 11, 108 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472656 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472656},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472656},
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