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CTMMA 1, 094 (P273599)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Kanesh (mod. Kültepe), dated to the Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 66.245.18

Period

Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Provenience

Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) _gu2 uruda_ ma-si2-am
2. _sag10_ sza i-s,e2-er
3. su2-en6-na-da
4. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni a-hu-szu
5. i-szu-u2-ma t,up-pu-szu
6. ha-ar-ma-am u2-ka3-lu-ni
7. 1(u) _gu2 uruda_ sza t,up-pi2-szu
8. ha-ar-mi3-im sza hu-bu-ul
9. su2-en6-na-da
10. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni
reverse
1. sza-bu / t,up-pu-um
2. ha-ar-mu-um
3. sza hu-bu-ul
4. su2-en6-na-da
5. sza e-li-a-ni
6. sa3-ar
rest blank
envelope
1. _kiszib3_ {d}en-lil2-ba-ni _dumu_
2. isz-ma-a-szur _kiszib3_ szu-la2-ba-an
seal A/60
3. _dumu_ a-szur3-{d}utu-szi _kiszib3_ en-um-a-szur
4. _dumu_ na-ra-am-su2
5. 1(u) _gu2 uruda_ ma-si2-am _sag10_
seal B/61
6. sza i-s,e2-er su2-en-na-da
7. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni a-hu-szu
seal A/60
8. i-szu-u2-ma t,up-pu-szu ha-ar-ma-am
reverse
1. u2-ka3-lu-ni 1(u) _gu2 uruda_
2. sza t,up-pi3-szu
seal C/62
3. {d}en-lil2-ba-ni sza-bu
4. t,up-pu-um ha-ar-mu-um
5. sza hu-bu-ul
seal A/60
6. su2-en-na-da sza e-li-a-ni
seal B/61
left
seal C/62
right
seal C/62

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Consult word list of Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)

Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Larsen, CTMMA 1, 94a & 94b

[Larsen1988CTMMA1] Larsen, Mogens Trolle. 1988. “Old Assyrian Texts (Nos. 71-98).” In Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C., edited by Ira Spar, 92–143. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MMA 66.245.18
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kanesh (mod. Kültepe)
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Chronology

Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-27 at 16:32:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-04 at 14:00:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-20 at 06:20:41	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram	Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2020-06-18 at 01:15:59	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Dercksen, Jan Gerrit	CDLI	Approved
2017-10-27 at 09:15:03	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2009-11-11 at 22:50:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2005-08-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“CTMMA 1, 094 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273599.

CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry (No. P273599). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273599 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273599 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273599},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/27/
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CTMMA 1, 094 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P273599.

CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry (No. P273599). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P273599 (Original work published 2005)

CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P273599 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

@misc{2024CTMMA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P273599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P273599},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P273599
LB  - CDLI:P273599
M1  - 2026/2/10/
TI  - CTMMA 1, 094 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P273599
ER  -