UCP 10-01, 004 (P248055)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Nerebtum (mod. Iščali), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 9-02328

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nerebtum (mod. Iščali)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan loan of silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _masz2_ {d}utu u2-s,a-ab
3. _ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
4. u3 {d}nanna-arhusz{+hu-usz}
5. {disz}ap-ka-tum
6. _dumu_ t,a3-bi-ia
7. _szu ba-an-ti_
8. a-na _iti_ sza-du-tim
9. _ku3-babbar u3 masz2-bi_
10. _i3-la2-e_
reverse
1. _igi_ {d}utu-ga-mil
2. _dumu_ i-bi-{d}szakkan2
3. _igi_ e-te-lu-um
4. _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
5. _igi_ i-bi-sin
6. _dumu_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
7. _igi_ AN-um-KA-{d}utu
8. u3 ip-qu2-sza
9. _dumu-mesz_ bur-sin
10. _igi_ szu-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ a-hu-nu
left
1. {disz}i-ma-tum _dub-sar_
some text moved to next line
2. _mu_ qa-ba-ra{ki} da-du-sza is,-ba-tu

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Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 50.0 high × 41.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan loan of silver)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: UCP 10/1, 4

[Lutz1931Ashjâly] Lutz, Henry F. 1931. Legal and Economic Documents from from Ashjâly. University of California Publications in Semitic Philology 10/1. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
history: OBTIV, p. 33

[Greengus1979OBTIV] Greengus, Samuel. 1979. Old Babylonian Tablets from Ishchali and Vicinity. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te Istanbul 44. Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.

Year-name
history: Repiccioli, Turan 6, 099, 010

[Repiccioli2013Turan6] Repiccioli, Marco. 2013. Il Prestito a Ishchali : Esame Dei Testi. Turan 6.
history: Seif dissertation, 22, 02

[Seif1938diss] Seif, Mirjam. 1938. “Über Die Altbabylonischen Rechts- Und Wirtschaftsurkunden Aus Iščâlî.” Phdthesis, Universität Berlin.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: HMA 9-02328
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nerebtum (mod. Iščali)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Dāduša.ult.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-12 at 18:30:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2018-05-19 at 15:39:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2018-05-16 at 01:12:58	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2018-05-12 at 21:01:36	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2018-04-29 at 09:03:28	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2018-03-01 at 02:01:26	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai	CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“UCP 10-01, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P248055.

UCP 10-01, 004 artifact entry (No. P248055). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248055 (Original work published 2004)

UCP 10-01, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248055 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“UCP 10-01, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P248055.

UCP 10-01, 004 artifact entry (No. P248055). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248055 (Original work published 2004)

UCP 10-01, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248055 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {UCP 10-01, 004 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248055},
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