Adab 0636 (P217470)
Letter tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), 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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USAMuseum Number
OIM A00636Provenience
Adab (mod. Bismaya)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Carta.)Language(s)
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obverse
1. lugal-mu
en: To my lord
2. u3-na-du11
en: say
3. i3-li2-isz-ta2-kal2-e na-be2-a
en: what Ilī-ištakal says:
4. [1(asz@c)] {gesz}gigir e2-|UMBINxLU| 2(disz@t)
en: “1 2-wheeled transport wagon
5. ba#-ma in-na-du11
en: give out to me,” I said to him,
6. nu-ma-ba
en: but he did not give to me;
7. e3-ni-sze3
en: as to his sending out,
8. ki-babbar-ra{ki}-ka
en: in Kibabbara,
9. e2 ba-zi-zi-ka
en: in the house of Bazizi,
10. 1(asz@c) {gesz}gigir e2-|UMBINxLU| 2(disz@t)
en: 1 2-wheeled transport wagon
11. al-gal2
en: is available;
12. lu2-mu igi im-mi-du8-am3
en: my own man saw it!
13. lu2 kin-gi4-a-ka-ni
en: After his (my lord’s) messenger
14. u3-mu-gi4
en: has returned,
reverse
1. ha-ma-ab-szum2-mu
en: may he (my lord) have him (Bazizi) give it to me!
2. _ARAD2_ kal-ga-ni-me-en6
en: His (my lord’s) strong servant am I;
3. ga-na sza3-mu he2-eb2-hul2-le
en: come now, may my gut be happy!
4. im sar-ra-bi#
en: The written document of this case
5. igi#-ni-sze3 [he2]-gal2#
en: should be before him (Bazizi)!
6. ur5-e gesztu2#-ga-na
en: In this way to his mind
7. he2-na-[ni]-ib2#-ru#-gu2#
en: it should this be made clear!
8. u3 ga2-e sza3-ga-ni ab-hul2-le-en6
en: Then I will myself make his (my lord’s) gut happy!
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
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primary: PPAC 1, 0636
[Yang1989Adab] Yang, Zhi. 1989. Sargonic Inscriptions from Adab. Vol. 1. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations. Changchun : IHAC.
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history: FAOS 19, Ad 8
[Kienast1995FAOS19] Kienast, Burkhart, and Konrad Volk. 1995. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Briefe Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur (SAB). Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, Band 19. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
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history: JCS 10 (pp. 11-31), 17.
[Sollberger1956JCS10] Sollberger, Edmond. 1956. “Selected Texts from American Collections.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 10 (1): 11–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359139.P. Michalowski, Letters no. 30
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- Museum No.: OIM A00636
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- Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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- Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
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Classical Sargonic
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| 2024-08-23 at 18:30:44 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-08-18 at 10:24:23 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-19 at 10:43:43 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2016-06-15 at 09:47:22 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-06-15 at 09:42:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-05-05 at 09:22:01 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 | Brumfield, Sara | Atf | Brumfield, Sara | CDLI | approved |
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| 2007-08-04 at 18:15:28 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Oriental Institute Integrated Database (84ffe113-5778-4259-807e-ed850df01d99) (84ffe113-5778-4259-807e-ed850df01d99)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024Adab,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-30]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 23},
title = {Adab 0636 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P217470},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217470},
}
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