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Akkadica 117 016 O.120 (P200933)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0120

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz) a]-ha-am-mar!(E)-szi
1. [1(disz)] sag nita2
2. [1(disz)] an-ta-lu2
3. mu-ni-im
4. ARAD2 szesz-ba-an-tuku
5. ki szesz-ba-an-tuku
6. lugal-a-ni-ir
7. ni2-te-a-ni in-du8
8. sag-ki-a-ni in-dadag
9. {gesz}giri3-a-ni in-gazx(KUM)
10. ama-ar-gi4-bi-a-ni in-gar
11. nam-{d}utu-sze3 in-na-an-ba#
12. en-nam szesz-[ba]-an-tuku
13. al-til-la-bi-sze3 in-[...] AN ME ga6-ga6
reverse
1. egir szesz-ba-an-tuku ba-usz2
2. dumu-me? szesz-ba-an-tuku
3. nam-an-ta-lu2
4. ARAD2-mu mu-un-du11-a
5. 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
6. i3-la2-e
7. lu2-ki-inim-ma
8. iti-bi u? mu-bi
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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (model contract)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Akkadica 117, p.1-20, p. 16 O.120

[Limet2000Bruxelles] Limet, Henri. 2000. “Documents Sumériens Des Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire Bruxelles.” Akkadica 117: 1–20.

Texto escolar
history: RIAA (1925), 045

[Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

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Museum No.: MRAH O.0120
Accession No.:

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Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2016-12-12 at 15:36:52	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:32:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:32:25	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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“Akkadica 117 016 O.120 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200933.

Akkadica 117 016 O.120 artifact entry (No. P200933). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200933 (Original work published 2002)

Akkadica 117 016 O.120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200933 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P200933},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P200933},
}

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“Akkadica 117 016 O.120 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P200933.

Akkadica 117 016 O.120 artifact entry (No. P200933). (2023, June 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P200933 (Original work published 2002)

Akkadica 117 016 O.120 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P200933 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 14},
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