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RA 102, 051 01 (P247948)

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

Museum Number

HMA 9-01856

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

104.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# {d}ne3-iri11-gal-la-ma#-sa3-szu#
en: to Nergal-Lamassašu
2. qi2-bi2-ma
en: say,
3. um-ma# kur-gal-a2-mah-a-a-ni-ma
en: thus Kurgal-amahani;
4. {d}utu u3 {d}nin-szubur
en: may Šamaš and Ilabrat
5. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
en: keep you in good health!
6. asz-szum _a-sza3_-lim sza {d}suen-a-zu
en: Concerning the field of Sin-asu?
7. sza na-ad-nu-u2-kum
en: that was given to you:
8. i-na ri-si-ib-tim
en: by mistake
9. _a-sza3_-lam sza {disz}be2-ta-tum
en: the field of Betatum
10. ir-ta-as3-bu-ni-kum
en: they have assigned to you.
11. wa-ar-ka-tam pu-ru-us-ma
en: Investigate the matter
12. _a-sza3_-lam li-i-te-er-ru-ni-kum
en: so that they may return the field to you.
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 104.0 high × 46.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (letter)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RA 102 (pp. 49-70), 051 01

[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, 075

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

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Museum No.: HMA 9-01856
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Provenience: Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 13:57:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-12 at 18:24:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2012-01-15 at 12:27:11	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai	CDLI	approved

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“RA 102, 051 01 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247948.

RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry (No. P247948). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247948 (Original work published 2004)

RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247948 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247948},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247948},
}

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“RA 102, 051 01 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P247948.

RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry (No. P247948). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247948 (Original work published 2004)

RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247948 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247948},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247948},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/18/
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M1  - 2025/6/17/
TI  - RA 102, 051 01 artifact entry
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