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TIM 09, 096 (P220661)

Legal tablet excavated in Isin (mod. Bahriyat), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 062820

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Isin (mod. Bahriyat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (judgement)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [n GAN2 {gesz}]kiri6-sze3
2'. lugal#-nig2-zu
3'. dumu# ur-LI
4'. nimgir-ke4
5'. a#-pu2?*-lu2#
6'. dumu mes#?-x-[x]-ra
7'. mu-na-szum2
8'. u4#*?-bi-ta#
9'. x*-lu ba-usz2#*-a#
10'. gissu#-na-ni-kam#?
11'. [...] x x
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. dumu# [...]
2'. lugal-[nig2?-zu?-ra]
3'. ba-gi4
4'. lul#*-lam
5'. szesz#*-mu
6'. ku3 nu-na-szum2
7'. in#-na-du11
8'. lugal-nig2-zu
9'. e2 {d}en-ki-ka
10'. x (x) x [...]
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [(x)] x i7-da#?* [...]
blank space
2'. [x] AN# x x x [...]
3'. x x x x [...]
traces of 5 lines
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. x x zu
blank space
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x (x)
left
1'. [...]-na ba-de2 x (x)
rest broken
(* collations of J.A. Black)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (judgement)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: TIM 9, 96

[vanDijk1976TIM9] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1976. Texts of Varying Content. Texts in the Iraq Museum 9. Leiden: Brill.
history: MC 4, 6

[Steinkeller1992MC4] Steinkeller, Piotr, and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1992. Third-Millennium Legal and Administrative Texts in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Mesopotamian Civilizations 4. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: IM 062820
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Isin (mod. Bahriyat)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2015-02-01 at 08:41:17	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“TIM 09, 096 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220661.

TIM 09, 096 artifact entry (No. P220661). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220661

TIM 09, 096 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220661 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {TIM 09, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220661},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220661},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220661
LB  - CDLI:P220661
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - TIM 09, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220661
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TIM 09, 096 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220661.

TIM 09, 096 artifact entry (No. P220661). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220661

TIM 09, 096 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220661 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

@misc{2003TIM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {TIM 09, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220661},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220661},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220661
LB  - CDLI:P220661
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - TIM 09, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220661
ER  -