BIN 07, 040 (P292931)

Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), 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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 05484

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

87.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 27.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ba-ni-im
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma i-ku-pi4-{d}suen-ma
4. sza asz-pu-ra-ku-um
5. szum-ma sa3-ri-isz
6. a-ta#-PI-al
7. {disz}su2#-mu-dingir be2-li
8. lu# a-PI-al
9. isz-tu a-na-ku-u2
10. ha-la#-ku-u2
11. sza-nu-um wa-ar-hu-um
12. PI-al-gu-u2-a
13. su-ku-ru-u2
14. u3 wa#-ar-di-i
15. [di]-ik-i
16. isz#-tu ma-ar
reverse
1. szi-ip-ri-im#
2. sza {disz}nu-ur2-{d}suen
3. i-mu-ru
4. a-na-ku-u2
5. a-na PI-al-gi-ia
6. pe-te-em#
7. a-li-ik-ma
8. u3 ia-ti-NI
9. i-du-ka-ni
10. u3 na-as-ha-at
11. [x] BI NI
12. [_igi_ {d}]nanna#-ma-an-szum2
13. [_igi_ x x] ti#-li-IG-i3-li2
14. [_igi_ {d}]suen#-na-s,i-ir
15. [_igi_] szu-mi-a-bi-ia
16. _igi_ mu-mu
17. _igi_ hu-ba-ZUM
left
column 1
1. _igi#_ e-te-el#-[lum]
2. _igi_ dingir-lum-BI-NI
column 2
1. _igi#_ im-lik-{d}suen
2. _igi#_ a-pil-a-hi

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 87.0 high × 55.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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  • primary: BIN 7, 40

    [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, 31f

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

  • history: JCS 21 (pp. 267-274), 274

    [Rowton1967JCS21] Rowton, Michael B. 1967. “Watercourses and Water Rights in the Official Correspondence from Larsa and Isin.” Special Volume Honoring Professor Albrecht Goetze 21 (1): 267–74. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359375.

  • history: AbB 9, 227

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

  • history: YNER 4, 78

    [Walters1970water] Walters, Stanley D. 1970. Water for Larsa: An Old Babylonian Archive Dealing with Irrigation. Yale Near Eastern Researches 4. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 23, NBC 5484

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 05484
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-10 at 09:09:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-06-10 at 07:36:47 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292931.
BIN 07, 040 artifact entry (No. P292931). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292931 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292931 (Accessed: September 30, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292931},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292931},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P292931
M1  - 2025/9/30/
TI  - BIN 07, 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292931
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292931.
BIN 07, 040 artifact entry (No. P292931). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292931 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292931 (Accessed: September 30, 2025).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292931},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292931},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P292931
LB  - CDLI:P292931
M1  - 2025/9/30/
TI  - BIN 07, 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292931
ER  -
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