BIN 07, 081 (P292844)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 05386

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. _masz2_ {d}utu u2-s,a-ab
3. _3(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze ur5-ra_
4. _masz2 1(asz) gur{um} 1(barig) 4(ban2)-a-an_
5. u2-s,a-ab
6. _ki_ {d}utu u3 gi-da-nu-um
7. {disz}ARAD2-esz18-dar
8. _dumu_ a-sa-ni-im
9. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. a-na _masz-gan2_-nim
2. _ku3-babbar_ sze-am _masz2-bi_
3. _ib-gi4-gi4_
4. {disz}AN-we-du-um-mu-sza-lim
5. _dumu_ im-gur-sin
6. {disz}{d}we-er-i-di-nam
7. _dumu_ sin-i-qi2-sza-am
8. [{disz}]{d}utu-ra-bi
9. _dumu_ i-bi-{d}iszkur
10. u3 sin-e-ri-ba-am
11. _dub-sar_
left
1. _mu 2(disz) alan ku3-sig17 2(disz) alan zabar_ a-na _e2_

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292844

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 50.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) [uncertain]
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 05386
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008367
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5386

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 81

    [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: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 114 no. 28

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 19, NBC 5386

    [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
2021-05-09 at 14:49:59 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-12 at 21:01:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-04-29 at 07:13:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-15 at 11:24:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292844.
BIN 07, 081 artifact entry (No. P292844). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292844 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292844 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292844},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292844},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P292844.
BIN 07, 081 artifact entry (No. P292844). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292844 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 081 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292844 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 07, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292844},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292844},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P292844
LB  - CDLI:P292844
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BIN 07, 081 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292844
ER  -
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