CUSAS 17, 019 (P253649)

Official or display Weight excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

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Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway

Museum Number

MS 4576

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Weight

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

object weight
surface a
column 1
1. {d}szara2
2. lugal
3. ab-ba e2#-gal-ka-ra#!,
4. dumu-nir-gal2-a-na
5. eresz-dingir
6. {d}ba-ba6
7. lu2 kal-la kalam-ma-ke4
8. dumu ki-ag2
9. an me kul!(BALA)-ab4-ta
10. [iri?] {d#}bil3-[ga?]-mes#
column 2
1. kalam x-la#!
2. x x si-e#
3. KA#-KA sa6-sa6-ge
4. lu2 lal3 DU-DU-de3
5. nam-szul-gi-re6-e
6. sag-bi-sze3 e3-a-e
7. {d}utu UB? LUL?-e an-na gub-ba-e
8. galga? mete-na
9. lugal-na-ke4
10. i3-ma-dim2
left
1. 1(asz) gun2

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Official or display
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P253649
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P253649

Physical information

weight

Artifact type	Weight weight
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum Number	MS 4576
Accession Number

References

primary: CUSAS 17, p.1-28, 19

[Steinkeller2011CUSAS17] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2011. “Third-Millennium Royal and Votive Inscriptions.” In Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions and Related Texts in the Schøyen Collection, edited by Andrew R. George, 1–28. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 17. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

a Kassite talent weight
history: Remarkable Collection, p. 127-129

[Friberg2007remarkable] Friberg, Jöran. 2007. A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts. Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection. Cuneiform Texts, I. New York, etc.: Springer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2015-01-30 at 14:43:21	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2004-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Bartash, Vitali; Dahl, Jacob L.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Johnson, J. Cale; Stadhouders, Henry		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 17, 019 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253649.

CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry (No. P253649). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253649

CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253649 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253649},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P253649
LB  - CDLI:P253649
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253649
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CUSAS 17, 019 Artifact Entry.” 2004. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2004. https://cdli.earth/P253649.

CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry (No. P253649). (2004, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P253649

CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry (2004) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P253649 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2004CUSAS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2004},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P253649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P253649},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2004/12/15/
PY  - 2004
ID  - P253649
LB  - CDLI:P253649
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - CUSAS 17, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P253649
ER  -