SANTAG 09, 095 (P503059)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013984 & BM 013984a

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. iti gu4-si-sa2
3. masz2 1(barig) sze szum2-mu-dam
4. ki be-e-tum
5. ta-ri-bu-um aga-us2
6. [szu ba]-an-ti
reverse
1. igi a#-wi-li#-[ia]
2. dumu esz18-dar-i-la-su2?-[...]
3. igi a-na-a-a szagina
  blank space
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu ti-lim-da {d}sud3 mu-na-du3
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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/P503059

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013984 & BM 013984a
Accession Number 1896-04-02, 0084

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0402-84-a

References

  • primary: SANTAG 9, 95

    [Goddeeris2009SANTAG9] Goddeeris, Anne. 2009. Tablets from Kisurra in the Collections of the British Museum. SANTAG. Arbeiten Und Untersuchungen Zur Keilschriftkunde 9. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-02 at 10:35:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-11-30 at 11:45:56 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-11-26 at 11:52:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-13 at 04:29:11 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-01-09 at 09:55:53 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-09-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SANTAG 09, 095 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503059.
SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry (No. P503059). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503059 (Original work published 2017)
SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503059 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503059},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503059},
}

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DA  - 2025/3/2/
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ID  - P503059
LB  - CDLI:P503059
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SANTAG 09, 095 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503059.
SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry (No. P503059). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503059 (Original work published 2017)
SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503059 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503059},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503059},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P503059
LB  - CDLI:P503059
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 095 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503059
ER  - 
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