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Fs Sjöberg 035 (P213250)

Literary tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. Umm el-Hafriyat), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 082913

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. Umm el-Hafriyat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

89.0 mm × 74.0 mm × 20.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. x-ru?-ti hu? zu#?
2. ba-ra-sa-ti-im
3. ka#-si-nu-ti hu zu
4. x x ma#-ti-im
5. na4# e-na-am
6. [la]-mu-da-am
7. [...] x za at
8. [...] ti# ba-la-t,i3
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [la-mu]-da#-am
12. [...] gi#?-si-im
13. [...] x ra#
  rest broken
column 2
1. li#-gi#?-si-im
2. [...] e-ni
3. [...] gu#? dar# bi#?
4. la-mu-ti-im
5. li-it-bu-uk-si-ma
6. in sa-asz2-ga-ni#
7. e-nam ga sa? da#-am#
8. a#-lu#-lu#-da-am
9. in zi-ri2-x-ik#-[...]
10. a#-ri2-bu
11. [...] ni# sa
12. [...] x [...] um
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. x [...]
2. x [...]
3. x [...]
4. [...] dar#
5. [...]
6. [...]
7. x [...]
8. x [...]
9. [...]-na-am
10. gi#?-[...]-ri2
11. da-da-ri2-im
12. sa-ki
13. hi-ri2-ni [...] im#?
column 2
1. [...]-su#-nu-ti#
2. [...]-ri2#-im
fragment 1
1. [...] zu# at ba-la#-[t,i3?]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 89.0 high × 74.0 wide × 20.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Fs Sjöberg (1989) p.33-36, p. 35

    [Biggs1989literary] Biggs, Robert D. 1989. “An Old Akkadian Literary Text from Umm Al-Hafriyat.” In DUMU-E₂-DUB-BA-A. Studies in Honor of Åke W. Sjöberg, edited by Hermann Behrens, Darlene Loding, and Martha T. Roth, 33–36. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 11. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.

    (photo, copy, transliteration)

  • history: Gibson, M., Oriental Institute Annual Report 1977-78, p. 20-26, p. 22 (photo of findspot)

    [sec24220] N.d.

  • history: Gibson, M., Bulletin, Society for Mesopotamian Studies 3, p. 16-26 [1982]

    [sec24221] N.d.

  • citation: Sargonic Akkadian, p. 15

    [Hasselbach2005] Hasselbach, R. 2005. “Sargonic Akkadian.”

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 082913
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: uncertain (mod. Umm el-Hafriyat) Provenience Comments:

    near Nippur

  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: 1 UmH 342a + b
  • Findspot Square: Area C, Locus 23
  • Findspot Comments:

    lying inside a bread oven (tinur)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Fs Sjöberg  035 Artifact Entry.” 1970. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 1, 1970. https://cdli.earth/P213250.
Fs Sjöberg  035 artifact entry (No. P213250). (1970, January 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P213250
Fs Sjöberg  035 artifact entry (1970) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P213250 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {1970},
	month = {jan 1},
	title = {Fs {Sj}{\" o}berg  035 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P213250},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P213250},
}


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