CT 50, 047 (P221684)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 114362

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz@c) ku3 udu siki-ka gin2
2. ur-{d}szara2 dub-sar-e ba-de6
3. 1(u@c) ku3 gin2 amar-ig-gal-ra szesz-ne2 e-na-la2
4. 6(asz@c) ku3 gin2 1(asz@c) ib2-ba-du3 gu gid2 1(asz@c) gada bar-dul5
5. tir-ku3 ugula a-sa3-bum2-ma-ke4 lu2-hun-ga2 ba-de6
6. 1/3(disz@c) ma-na mu 2(disz@t)-kam
7. ildu3 szu ba-ti
8. 3(asz@c) ku3 ma2!(SI)-gid2!-da-ke4
reverse
1. gesz-sza3 dub-sar-e# ba-de6
2. 2(asz@c) gin2 e2-DU engar
3. 3(asz@c) 1/2(disz@c) gin2 lu2-hun-ga2 SIG7-ke4 ba-de6
4. 2(asz@c) gin2 lugal-ildu3-e
  rest blank

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: CT 50, 47

    [Sollberger1972CT50] Sollberger, Edmond. 1972. Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 50. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Finkel & Taylor, Cuneiform, Fig. 3

    [FinkelTaylor2015] Finkel, Irving L., and Jonathan Taylor. 2015. Cuneiform. British Museum.

  • history: Reading the Past, 025

    [Walker1990ReadingthePast] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1990. “Cuneiform.” Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet.

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  • Museum No.: BM 114362
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Provenience Comments:

    (A)

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 14:08:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 12:59:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-01 at 15:52:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-09-12 at 07:15:50 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2015-05-22 at 04:36:29 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 50, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P221684.
CT 50, 047 artifact entry (No. P221684). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221684 (Original work published 2003)
CT 50, 047 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221684 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {CT 50, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221684},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221684},
}

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