MDP 23, 271 (P524351)

Legal tablet excavated in Susa (mod. Shush), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Museum Number

NMI BK 01585

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Susa (mod. Shush)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar tab-ba_
2. _ki_ {d}utu u3 ARAD-{d}mar-tu
3. {disz}ki-pi-szu il-qe2
4. _iti_ sza3-ba-t,i _ku3-babbar_ il-qe2
5. i-qi2-ip-pa i-zi-ba-am-ma
6. a-na ba-ab-ti u3 szi2-hi-it, _kaskal_
7. um-ma-a-nu u2-ul szu-hu-uz
8. _ku3-babbar_ um-ma-na i-ip-pa-al-[ma]
9. ne#-me#-el# ib-ba-asz-szu-[ma]
10. ma#-al-la ah-ma-mi i-zu-zu#
11. [a]-na# na-asz tup-pi2-szu i-na _kar_ in#-[nam-ma-ru]
12. _ku3#-babbar# i3-la2-e_ ki-di-nam u3 ku#-bu#-[us-sa3-am]
reverse
1. [u2]-ul u2-ma-ha-ar _igi_ {d}utu _igi_ [{d}|MUSZ3.EREN|]
2. [_igi_] ma-an-nu-ba-<lum>-i3-li2-szu _igi_ nu-ur2#-[...]
3. [_igi_] i-ri-PI-ni _igi_ ti-hu-x-[...]
4. _igi_ dingir-ba-ni UM? _igi_ be-li#?-x-[...]
5. _igi_ at-kal-szu _igi_ a-gu-gu-ti
6. _igi#_ qi2-isz-ti _dumu_ nu-ur2-{d}nin-szubur
7. [_igi_] x-x-BI _dumu_ du-ul-lu-li
8. [_igi_ ...] x [...-us,]-ri-a-an-ni
9. [_igi_ ... _igi] 1(u) 4(disz) ab-ba-mesz_
rest broken

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)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P524351
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P524351

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)	National Museum, Tehran, Iran
Museum Number	NMI BK 01585
Accession Number

References

primary: MDP 23, 271

[Scheil1932MDP23] Scheil, Vincent. 1932. Actes Juridiques Susiens (Suite: No. 166 à 327). Mémoires de La Mission Archéologique de Perse 23. Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux.
history: Badamchi, Hossein & Pfeifer, Guido, ZABR 25, 26

[Badamchi2019ZABR25] Badamchi, Hossein, and Guido Pfeifer. 2019. Zeitschrift Für Altorientalische Und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 25.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-10 at 19:22:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-09-21 at 13:10:44	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2021-08-31 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MDP 23, 271 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P524351.

MDP 23, 271 artifact entry (No. P524351). (2024, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524351 (Original work published 2021)

MDP 23, 271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524351 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {MDP 23, 271 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524351},
}

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M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - MDP 23, 271 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524351
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MDP 23, 271 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P524351.

MDP 23, 271 artifact entry (No. P524351). (2024, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524351 (Original work published 2021)

MDP 23, 271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524351 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

@misc{2024MDP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 10},
	title = {MDP 23, 271 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524351},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P524351
LB  - CDLI:P524351
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - MDP 23, 271 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524351
ER  -