BM 021969 (P498278)

Legal tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021969

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (field rental)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

63.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _ki#_ ib#-ni#-{d}suen
2'. be-el _a-sza3_
3'. {disz}ib-ni-{d}suen# _dumu_ {d}marduk-na#!-s,i#-ir#
4'. {disz}szu-ri-na _ugula mar-tu#_ [x x]
5'. {disz}{d}suen-ra-bi _dumu_ qar3-ra-du
6'. {disz}a-bi-ia-tum! _dumu_ ik!-ka3-rum
7'. {disz}a-bu-zi _dumu_ u-bar-rum
8'. {disz}ku#-ia-tum _dumu_ ar-du-um
9'. u3# dumu-u4 2(u)-kam _dumu_ il3-szu-ib#-[ni ]
10'. a#-na# _ka#-kesz2 mu# [n-kam]_
11'. [...]
12'. _ib2#-ta-[e3-e-mesz]_
13'. a#-wi#-lum# ma-la [a-wi-lim]
reverse
1. ma-na-ah-tam x [a-na _a-sza3_]
2. _u4# buru14#-[sze3]_
3. _a-sza3_ i-sza-ad-da#-[du-ma]
4. ki#-ma# i-mi-it-ti-szu#
5. u3 szu#-me#-e-li-szu-nu
6. _sze-gesz-i3_ ki-is-sa3-at _a-sza3_
7. _i3-ag2-e-mesz_
8. _igi#_ szu-pi2-sza _sanga_ {d}sze-rum#
9. [_igi_] na#-ra-am-i3-li2-szu
10. [_igi_] ib-ni-{d}marduk
11. [_igi_ szu-mu-]-li#-s,i _dub-sar_
  rest broken
left
1. _kiszib3_ x-x-x-ra-bi
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (field rental)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P498278

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 63.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 021969
Accession Number 1896-04-09, 0074

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.21969
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0409-74

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2016-04-24 at 16:56:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-04-24 at 16:46:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-04-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Richardson, Seth F. C. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021969 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P498278.
BM 021969 artifact entry (No. P498278). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498278 (Original work published 2016)
BM 021969 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498278 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021969 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498278},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498278},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P498278
LB  - CDLI:P498278
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 021969 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498278
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 021969 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P498278.
BM 021969 artifact entry (No. P498278). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498278 (Original work published 2016)
BM 021969 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498278 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM 021969 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498278},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498278},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P498278
LB  - CDLI:P498278
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 021969 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498278
ER  -
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