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, UKMuseum Number
BM 085799Provenience
Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
| Genre(s) | Legal > Business / Contracts (loan) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | Itur-Shamash.C.00.00 |
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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Seal Number | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | S999999 | - | - |
| CDLI number | P503228 |
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P503228 |
part of case adhering
| Artifact type | Tablet & envelope |
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| Material(s) | Clay |
| Preservation |
| Provenience |
Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) Purchased from I Élias Géjou in 1899.
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| Collection(s) |
British Museum, London, UK |
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| Museum Number | BM 085799 |
| Accession Number | 1899-04-15, 0606 |
| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) | BM.85799 |
| British Museum Collection (BM) | W_1899-0415-606 |
primary: SANTAG 9, 256
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-07-18 at 14:00:18 | Cross, Aidan | Artifact metadata | Cross, Aidan | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2025-03-04 at 14:32:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2018-11-30 at 01:09:55 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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| 2017-10-03 at 00:00:00 | CDLI, CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI, CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2026SANTAG,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
year = {2026},
month = {jul 20},
title = {SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
}
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