MDP 28, 540 (P494988)

Administrative tablet excavated in Susa (mod. Shush), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

Sb 24649

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Susa (mod. Shush)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _ki_ in-zu-zu
3. {disz}ku-uk-dingir sza3-ni-ip _gal_
4. i-na _iti_ sze-er-i-im
5. sza3 e-s,e-di-im
6. il#-qe2
reverse
1. _sza3-ba 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. sza3 a-na _sa10 a-sza3_ bad3-ru{ki}
3. _2(disz) gin2_ sza3 _udu-nita2_
4. sza3 a-na ku-ub-bu-tum id-di-nu
5. _1(disz) gin2_ sza3 _udu-nita2_
6. sza3 i-gu-ri

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)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P494988
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P494988

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Susa (mod. Shush)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	Sb 24649
Accession Number

References

primary: MDP 28, 540

[Scheil1939MDP28] Scheil, Vincent. 1939. Mélanges Épigraphiques. Mémoires de La Mission Archéologique de Perse 28. Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux.
history: Akkadica 128, p.85-98, p. 87

[DeGraef2007wall] De Graef, Katrien. 2007. “Another Brick in the Wall. Dūrum in the Old-Elamite Susa Texts.” Akkadica 128: 85–98.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-09-03 at 15:25:35	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2015-12-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MDP 28, 540 Artifact Entry.” 2015. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2015. https://cdli.earth/P494988.

MDP 28, 540 artifact entry (No. P494988). (2015, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P494988

MDP 28, 540 artifact entry (2015) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P494988 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“MDP 28, 540 Artifact Entry.” 2015. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2015. https://cdli.earth/P494988.

MDP 28, 540 artifact entry (No. P494988). (2015, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P494988

MDP 28, 540 artifact entry (2015) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P494988 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2015},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {MDP 28, 540 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P494988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P494988},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P494988
M1  - 2026/10/20/
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