TIM 09, 098 (P220665)

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

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Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 043693

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. geme2-{d}ma-[mi]
2. e2#-gi4-a
3. ur#-kesz3{ki}-kam#?
4. 1(asz@c) nin-gesz-da-na-ni#
5. u3 szesz-gu#-la
6. {u2}mussax(|SAL.USZ|)-me
7. KA#-x-x-TUM?
8. [...] x
reverse
1. nig2#-mussax(|SAL.USZ|)-bi
2. in-ak
3. du11#-ga#-ni
4. ARAD2# x-x
5. 1(asz@c) lugal-iti#-da
6. dumu ur-{d}TUR#
7. lugal-[x]-x
8. x [...]

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P220665
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P220665

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 043693
Accession Number

References

primary: TIM 9, 98

[vanDijk1976TIM9] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1976. Texts of Varying Content. Texts in the Iraq Museum 9. Leiden: Brill.
history: MC 4, 10

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2015-02-01 at 12:20:08	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TIM 09, 098 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220665.

TIM 09, 098 artifact entry (No. P220665). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220665

TIM 09, 098 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220665 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {TIM 09, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220665},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220665
LB  - CDLI:P220665
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - TIM 09, 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220665
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TIM 09, 098 Artifact Entry.” 2003. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 26, 2003. https://cdli.earth/P220665.

TIM 09, 098 artifact entry (No. P220665). (2003, February 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220665

TIM 09, 098 artifact entry (2003) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220665 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).

@misc{2003TIM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2003},
	month = {feb 26},
	title = {TIM 09, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220665},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2003/2/26/
PY  - 2003
ID  - P220665
LB  - CDLI:P220665
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - TIM 09, 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220665
ER  -