BIN 07, 057 (P292838)

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 05380

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

51.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na# szu-{d}tiszpak?
2. u3 {d}utu-ga-mil qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma puzur4#-ia-ma
4. _u4_-um tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am
5. u2-sza-bi-la-kum# _sze#-gesz-i3_
6. sza _e2-gal_-lim i-na e-re-szi-im#
7. u2-ul ga-am-ru-u2
reverse
1. ki-ma tup-pi2 te-sze-em-me-a
2. _gu4 hi-a_ qa-du-um u2-ni-a-ti-szu-nu
3. a-na s,e-er {d}suen-nig2-ba
4. a-na a ma ri KI#?
5. us2-ha

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292838

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 51.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 05380
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008361
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5380

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 57

    [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 2, 11

    [Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.

  • history: AbB 9, 244

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

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 18, NBC 5380

    [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
2018-06-10 at 08:59:31 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 Artifact

“BIN 07, 057 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292838.
BIN 07, 057 artifact entry (No. P292838). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292838 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292838 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 057 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292838},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292838},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 057 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292838.
BIN 07, 057 artifact entry (No. P292838). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292838 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 057 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292838 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 057 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292838},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292838},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292838
LB  - CDLI:P292838
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BIN 07, 057 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292838
ER  -
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