LIH 021 (P275096)
Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012852Provenience
Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Letter from Hammurabi to Sin-iddinam)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
70.0 mm × 49.0 mm
obverse
1. a#-na# {d}suen-i-di2-nam#
2. qi2#-bi2-ma
3. um#-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma
4. {disz}er3-{d}utu u2#-tul2#
5. ri#-ib-ba-a-tim sza# _u8#-udu#-hi#-a#_ u3# _ab2#-[gu4-hi-a]_
6. sza# ra-ma-ni-szu
7. sza e-li _sipa-mesz_ i#-szu#-u2#
8. a-na pi2#-qi2#-[it-ti-im ...]
9. 2(u) x [...]
rest broken
reverse
blank space
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 70.0 high × 49.0 wide
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primary: LIH, 021
[King1898-1900LIH] King, Leonard W. 1898-1900. The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Luzac & co.
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history: AbB 2, 21
[Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.
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- Museum No.: BM 012852
- Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0044
- Provenience: Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-05-25 at 15:44:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2017-12-10 at 12:34:40 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-12-10 at 04:43:20 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-19 at 07:47:51 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-10-08 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0326-44) (W_1896-0326-44)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024LIH,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-06]},
year = {2024},
month = {may 25},
title = {LIH 021 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P275096},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275096},
}
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