AuOr 37, 043-044 01 (P248529)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 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 9-03045

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (list of animals)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

18.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 7(disz) ($ blank space $) {udu}pu-ha-lu
 en: 27 rams,
2. _2(disz) me 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) ($ blank space $) u8-u3-tu-me_
 en: 286 full-grown ewes,
3. 1(gesz2)-szu _{udu}bar-sal-me_
 en: 60 female lambs,
4. _4(u) ($ blank space $) {udu}bar-gal-me_
 en: 40 male lambs,
5. _1(disz) ($ blank space $) ud5-me_
 en: 1 nanny,
6. _1(disz) ($ blank space $) masz2-gal-me_
 en: 1 billy goat,
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1. _($ blank space $) {munus}asz2-gar3-me_
 en: 0 female kids,
2. _($ blank space $) masz2-tur-me_
 en: 0 male kids:
3. _pap 4(disz) me 1(u) 5(disz)! u8-udu-hi-a_
 en: total of 415 small livestock,
4. ina _igi_ {disz}{d}na3-mu _a_ {disz}{d}na3-u2-sze-pi2
 en: at the disposal of Nabû-iddin, son of Nabû-ušeppi;
5. {iti}kin _2(disz)-kam2 u4 1(u)-kam2_
 en: intercalary Ulūlu, 10th day,
  some text moved to next line
6. _mu 1(u) 9(disz)-kam2_ {disz}kan-da-la-nu _lugal_
 en: year 19 of Kandalānu, the king.

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Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 18.0 high × 29.0 wide × 13.0 thick
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  • primary: AuOr 37, p.41-51, p. 43-44 1

    [Gordin2019Uruk] Gordin, Shai, Zsombor J. Földi, and János Everling. 2019. “Neo-Babylonian Administrative Texts from Uruk in Californian Collections.” Aula Orientalis 37: 41–51.

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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-18 at 18:34:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-12-23 at 11:43:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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
“AuOr 37, 043-044 01 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P248529.
AuOr 37, 043-044 01 artifact entry (No. P248529). (2025, May 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248529 (Original work published 2004)
AuOr 37, 043-044 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248529 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 18},
	title = {AuOr 37, 043-044 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P248529},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248529},
}

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