UCP 10-01, 055 (P248085)

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 9-02358

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 barley)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) qa _sze_ e-ri-ib-sin
2. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) qa e-ri-ba-am _lu2_ qi2-im
3. _szunigin 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur _sze_ hu-bu-ta-tum
4. _ki_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
5. _egir_ sza2 kit bad3-ri-musz isz-sza-ak-nu
6. _szu ba-an-ti-mesz_
7. a-na masz-kan2-nim
8. sze-am _i3-ag2-e-mesz_
9. u2-sze-te-eq-ma
reverse
1. _masz2_ u2-s,a-ab
2. _igi_ ma-nu-um
3. _dumu_ {d}utu-a-bu-um
4. _igi_ e-ri-ba-am-sin
5. _dumu_ lum-ma-dingir
6. _mu gu4-apin ku3-sig17 iri_ sza-nu-hu-um

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ibal-pi-el2.B.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P248085
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P248085

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	41.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	(Surface: good)

Provenance

Provenience	Nerebtum (mod. Iščali)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum Number	HMA 9-02358
Accession Number

References

primary: UCP 10/1, 55

[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: Repiccioli, Turan 6, 099, 084

[Repiccioli2013Turan6] Repiccioli, Marco. 2013. Il Prestito a Ishchali : Esame Dei Testi. Turan 6.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2018-04-13 at 05:39:15	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“UCP 10-01, 055 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P248085.

UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry (No. P248085). (2004, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248085

UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248085 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248085},
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Cite this Artifact

“UCP 10-01, 055 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 8, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P248085.

UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry (No. P248085). (2004, September 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248085

UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248085 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {sep 8},
	title = {UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P248085},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248085},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/9/8/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P248085
LB  - CDLI:P248085
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - UCP 10-01, 055 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P248085
ER  -