BIN 02, 071 (P297172)

Letter tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 01268

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

82.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 26.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na BI-ia-a u3 i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur#_
2. sza _{d}marduk_ u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu-nu-ti#
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um#-ma# i3-li2-a-pi2-li-ma
5. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk#_ asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi
6. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti
7. _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ku-nu s,i-bu-tam a-ia ir#-szi#
8. asz-szum ta-ri-ba-tum sza isz-tu _mu-3(disz)-[kam]_
9. _{gesz}kiri6 e2-gal_ s,a-ab-tu-u2-ma
10. _{lu2}sze-gur10-ku5_-szu i-il-la-ku DU?-[x]-LI?-ta-szu
11. i-ip-pa-lu u3 ki-ma re#-du-tim
12. [i]-li-ik _{gesz}kiri6_ sza-a-ti#
13. i-il-la-[ak]
14. ma#-asz-ka-an ku-zi-il-li
15. [...]-a-tim
reverse
1. [x x x x x]-ma
2. [x x x] _aga#-us2-mesz_ [x-x]-im
3. ID?-[x]-hi-ma [a]-na# _{gesz}kiri6_ i-[ha]-ba#-lu-szu
4. [x x] i-ba-asz-szi-i
5. [... x]-i-mu-ia
6. [...] x a-na-ku az-za-az#-ma
7. [...] x la i-ha-ba-lu
8. [... x]-IR?/NI?-ru-ma#
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [... x]-lu
12. ma#-na#-ha-at# [x x x] _ka2#-[dingir]-ra{ki}_
13. [...]
14. ma-har sza-pir _aga-us2-mesz_
15. a-pa-li-ia
left
1. u2-ul i-le#-i
2. a-na [x-x-x-x]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 82.0 high × 52.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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  • primary: BIN 2, 71

    [Nies1920BIN2] Nies, James B., and Clarence E. Keiser. 1920. Historical, Religious and Economic Texts and Antiquities. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Vol. 2. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: ZA 106, p.138-174, p. 140

    [deBoer2016harvestlabor] Boer, Rients de, and Gudrun Colbow. 2016. “From the Yaḫrūrum Šaplûm Archives: The Administration of Harvest Labor Undertaken by Soldiers from Uruk and Malgium.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 106: 138–74.

  • history: AbB 9, 187

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

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 12, NBC 1268

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 01268
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2019-06-23 at 13:06:07 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-19 at 09:23:32 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:46:26 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:44:23 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-07 at 09:50:44 Johnson, J. Cale Atf de Ridder, Alba CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 02, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297172.
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (No. P297172). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Original work published 2006)
BIN 02, 071 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297172 (Accessed: May 25, 2025).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 02, 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297172},
}


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