Adab 0874 (P217556)
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 A00874Provenience
Adab (mod. Bismaya)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Carta.)Language(s)
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obverse
1. igi#-bar-e
2. na#-be2-a
3. erin2 kalam-ma
4. ki-ag2 dingir-mah
5. ki-ag2 {d}{asz}aszgi{gi4}
6. [{d}]szar#-ka3-li2-szar3#-ri2-ra
reverse
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...] ansze#? [...] x-ka [...]-szum2
4. ki-duru5 nu-tuku
5. ki-duru5 na-me ha-ma#-ab-szum2-mu
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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- Genre(s): Letter (Carta.)
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primary: PPAC 1, 0874
[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 16
[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: Michalowski Letters, no. 29
[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
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- Museum No.: OIM A00874
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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 metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-08-18 at 10:24:23 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 | Brumfield, Sara | Transliteration | Brumfield, Sara | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:34:22 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 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 |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Oriental Institute Integrated Database (5d027966-8f30-473a-854b-1f03300db498) (5d027966-8f30-473a-854b-1f03300db498)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2024Adab,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-26]},
year = {2024},
month = {aug 23},
title = {Adab 0874 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P217556},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217556},
}
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