RA 102, 056-057 07 (P247940)

Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

Museum Number

HMA 9-01848

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (letter)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

90.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 27.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na {d}suen-x-x-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma {d}suen-ma-gir-ma
4. {d}utu _mu szar2-kam_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
5. ki-i-ma un-ne-du-ka-ka a-mu-ru
6. i-na masz-gan2-szabra{ki} ap-t,u3-ra-am-ma
7. a-na sa-bu-um{ki} e-te-ru-ub
8. {disz}{d}ri-im-{d}suen-at-pa-lam
9. a-na _erin2-hi-a_ pa-qa2-di-im il-li-kam-ma
10. _erin2-hi-a_ sza-al-ma-am ip-qi2-id
11. um-ma szu-u2-ma u3 _idi{ki}_ tu-ub-qum
12. szu-pa-at-ku-nu-u2-ma
13. asz-szum pi-i-ka la sze-e-me-a-ku
14. 1(u) _erin2-hi-a_ u2-la at,-ru-ud
15. {disz}dingir-su-ud-da-na-s,i-ir
16. a-di-i-ni u2-la i-la-kam-ma
17. asz-szum _iri{ki}_ na-pi-gu-um
18. ha-am-szi-i-szu
19. a-na s,e-er {disz}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
reverse
1. isz-da-ad-du-ni-[in-ni-ma]
2. um-ma szu-nu-ma i-na pa-ni x-e
3. a-an-ni-im u3 a-an-ni-i-im
4. at-ta-ma t,a-ar-da-a-ta#
5. {disz}dingir-szu-ud-da-na-s,i-ir t,u3-ur-dam#
6. u3 a-lum sza e-ru-ba-asz-szu#
7. _sze_-a-szu na-ak-ru-um im-ta#-ha#-as,
8. u3 be-e-ri
9. _erin2-hi-a_ ib-te#-e-ri#
10. _ku3-babbar_ sza qa2-ti-ka# szu#-bi-lam-ma
11. szu-bi-lam-ma
12. la-ma _sze_-u4-um i-na _gu2 i7-da_
13. im-qu2-u2-tu
14. _sze_-a-am lu-sza-am-ma la ni-bi-ri
15. ma-ha-ar {d}utu a-an-ni-im
16. at-ta ia-at-tam ti-i-da
17. a-na a-wi-lim qi2-bi2-ma
18. lu-ul-li-kam-ma
19. it-ti a-wi-lim lu-un-na-wi-ir-ma
20. wa-ar-ka-ta li-ip-ru-us
21. a-nu-um-ma {d}suen#-[...]
22. u3 s,i-li2-[...]
left
1. a-at,-t,ar-da-ak-kum
2. _ku3-babbar_ la ta-ka-[la]-szu-nu-szi-im
3. i-na ku-nu-uk-ki-ka ku-un#-kam-ma
4. id-na-asz-szu-nu-szi-ma
5. li-ib-lu-nim

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 90.0 high × 47.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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  • primary: RA 102 (pp. 49-70), 056-057 07

    [Veldhuis2008RA102] Veldhuis, Niek. 2008. “Old Babylonian Documents in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 102: 49–70. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23281368.

  • history: Marchant dissertation, 090

    [Marchant1990diss] Marchant, Anne Jones. 1990. “Old Babylonian Tablets from Larsa in the Lowie Museum of Anthropology.”

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: HMA 9-01848
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-18 at 13:57:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 18:24:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-06-07 at 11:23:50 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“RA 102, 056-057 07 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247940.
RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry (No. P247940). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247940 (Original work published 2004)
RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247940 (Accessed: October 2, 2025).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247940},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RA 102, 056-057 07 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247940.
RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry (No. P247940). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247940 (Original work published 2004)
RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247940 (Accessed: October 2, 2025).
@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247940},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/18/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P247940
LB  - CDLI:P247940
M1  - 2025/10/2/
TI  - RA 102, 056-057 07 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P247940
ER  -
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