OBTR 284 (P224055)

Letter tablet excavated in Qattara (mod. Tell al Rimah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 073663,235

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Qattara (mod. Tell al Rimah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OBTR, 284

    [Dalley1976Tell-al-Rimah] Dalley, Stephanie, Christopher B. F. Walker, and John D. Hawkins. 1976. The Old Babylonian Tablets from Tell Al Rimah. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

  • history: RIME 4, .25.01.2001, ex. 02 (seal)

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Rattenborg Diss, p. 414-420

    [Rattenborg2016Scale] Rattenborg, Rune. 2016. “The Scale and Extent of Political Economies of the Middle Bronze Age Jazīrah and the Bilād Al-Šām (c. 1800-1600 BCE).” Phdthesis, University of Durham. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11932/1/Rattenborg_Scale%26Extent_2016DEC24.pdf.

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  • Museum No.: IM 073663,235
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-08 at 07:13:29 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2024-08-02 at 12:35:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2003-05-15 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Guerra, Dylan Oriental Institute Integrated Database CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 012067 (composite) (P462003) Qattara (mod. Tell al Rimah) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“OBTR 284 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P224055.
OBTR 284 artifact entry (No. P224055). (2025, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P224055 (Original work published 2003)
OBTR 284 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P224055 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).
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	title = {OBTR 284 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P224055},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“OBTR 284 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P224055.
OBTR 284 artifact entry (No. P224055). (2025, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P224055 (Original work published 2003)
OBTR 284 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P224055 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 8},
	title = {OBTR 284 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P224055},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P224055},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P224055
LB  - CDLI:P224055
M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - OBTR 284 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P224055
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