BIN 07, 006 (P292779)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 05309

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

87.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# {d}utu-ha#-[zi-ir]
2. qi2-bi2-[ma]
3. um-ma ha-am-mu-ra#-[pi2-ma]
4. 4(bur'u) 8(bur3) 1(esze3) [GAN2]
5. _a-gar3_ ha-am-rum
6. _a-sza3 szuku erin2 didli_
7. sza _nu-banda3-mesz u3 ugula-mesz_
8. la iz-zi-zu-ma
9. mu-da-sa-am la id-di-nu
10. a-lum _iri_ ia-e{ki}
11. szum-ma _a-sza3_ an-nu-u2-um
12. na-di-ma re-esz _e2-gal_-im
13. u2-ka-a-al
reverse
1. a-na _lu2-hub2-bi#-[mesz_]
2. _nig2-szu_ szu-{d}mar-tu _nar#-gal#_
3. i-di-in
4. szum-ma _a-sza3_ szu-u2
5. a-na _e2 aga-us2-mesz_
6. na-di-in
7. t,e4-em _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti
8. szu-up-ra-am

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P292779

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 87.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 30.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05309
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008288
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5309

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 6

    [Alexander1943BIN7] Alexander, John B. 1943. Early Babylonian Letters and Economic Texts. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 7. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: MCS 1, 3

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

  • history: AbB 9, 193

    [Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 15, NBC 5309

    [Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-03-08 at 07:25:42 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-06-10 at 01:28:38 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292779.
BIN 07, 006 artifact entry (No. P292779). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292779 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292779 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292779},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 07, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292779.
BIN 07, 006 artifact entry (No. P292779). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292779 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292779 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292779},
}


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PY  - 2023
ID  - P292779
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M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BIN 07, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292779
ER  -
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