MAD 1, 294 (P212462)

Tablet excavated in Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cite

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A07819

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) Classical Sargonic
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P212462 P392124 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P212462

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) Westenholz AfO (1974): Diyala
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number	OIM A07819
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	5cf00edf-f8ae-4224-a76e-89a49ae57eb7

References

primary: MAD 1, 294

[Gelb1951MAD1] Gelb, Ignace J. 1951. Sargonic Texts from the Diyala Region. Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 1. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.
history: AfO 25 (pp. 95-110), p. 105

[Westenholz1974-1977SchoolTexts] Westenholz, Aage. 1974-1977. “Old Akkadian School Texts. Some Goals of Sargonic Scribal Education.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 25: 95–110. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41636310.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-08-23 at 16:19:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MAD 1, 294 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P212462.

MAD 1, 294 artifact entry (No. P212462). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212462 (Original work published 1970)

MAD 1, 294 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212462 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“MAD 1, 294 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P212462.

MAD 1, 294 artifact entry (No. P212462). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P212462 (Original work published 1970)

MAD 1, 294 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P212462 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2024MAD,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {MAD 1, 294 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P212462},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P212462},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P212462
LB  - CDLI:P212462
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - MAD 1, 294 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P212462
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