BIN 07, 017 (P292987)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 05556

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

49.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na lu2-igi-sa3
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma nu-ur2-{d}suen-ma
4. pa-al-ga-am sza a x HI
5. sza a-na-ku-u2
6. u3 at-ta
reverse
1. nu-uk!(AZ)-ta-la-al-li-mu
2. dumu ku3#-{d}nanna
3. i-he#-[er]-ri#
4. la-ma qa2-as-su2
5. isz#-ku-nu
6. at#-ta hi-i-ri
7. u3 a-na
8. i-szar-ku-bi
left
1. qi2-bi2

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292987

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 49.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [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 05556
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-008537
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.5556

References

  • primary: BIN 7, 17

    [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, 15

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

  • history: JCS 21 (pp. 267-274), 273-74

    [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, 204

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

  • history: YNER 4, 29

    [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. 26, NBC 5556

    [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
2024-09-10 at 09:09:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 05:23:27 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, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292987.
BIN 07, 017 artifact entry (No. P292987). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292987 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292987 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292987},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 07, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292987.
BIN 07, 017 artifact entry (No. P292987). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292987 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 07, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292987 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {BIN 07, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292987},
}


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