TCL 01, 233 (P386669)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 04323

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) gu4_ {d}szar2-ur3-a-bi _mu-ni_
2. _ki_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
3. _lugal-a-ni_
4. {disz}ARAD-{d}en-lil2-la2
5. u3 {disz}be-li2-ri-im-i3-li2
6. _in-szi-sa10-e-ne_
7. _sa10-am3 til-la-bi-sze3_
8. _8(disz) igi-4(disz)-gal2 gin2 ku3-babbar na4 {d}utu_
9. _in-na-an-la2-e-ne_
reverse
1. i-ni-a-ti-szu
2. a-hu-um ki-ma a-hi-im i-le-qe2
3. u4-um li-ib-bi-szu-nu
4. a-na _ku3-babbar_ i-na-an-di-nu-szu-u2-ma
5. _ku3-bi i3-ba-e-ne_
  single ruling
6. _igi_ dam-qi2-i3-li2-szu
7. _igi_ ma-an-ni-ia
8. _igi_ {d}suen-sze-mi
  single ruling
9. _kiszib3 lu2 ki inim-ma-bi-mesz ib2-ra_
10. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u)-kam ba-zal_
11. _mu_ {d}ri-im-{d}suen _lugal_
seal 1
1. ARAD-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. dumu ARAD-{d}nanna
3. ARAD {d}nin-szubur

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
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  • Seal information:

    Delaporte, CCL 1, T.240

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: TCL 1, 233

    [Thureau-Dangin1910TCL1] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1910. Lettres et Contrats de l’époque de La Première Dynastie Babylonienne. Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner.

  • history: CCL 1, T.240 (seal)

    [Delaporte1920CCL1] Delaporte, Louis. 1920. Catalogue Des Cylindres, Cachets et Pierrres Gravées de Style Oriental Du Musée Du Louvre. Musée Du Louvre. Département Des Antiquités Orientales et de La Céramique Antique. Hachette: Paris.

  • history: HG 5, no. 1156

    [Kohler1911HG5] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1911. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band V: Übersetzte Urkunden, Verwaltungsregister, Inventare, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: UAZP = VAB 5, no. 97

    [Schorr1913UAZP] Schorr, Moses. 1913. Urkunden Des Altbabylonischen Zivil- Und Prozessrechts. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 5. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Stol, BSA 8 (1995) 199

    [sec100478] N.d.

  • history: NFT, NFT

    [Thureau-Dangin1910NFT] Cros, Gaston, and François Thureau-Dangin. 1910. Nouvelles Fouilles de Tello. Edited by Gaston Cros. Paris: Ernest Leroux.

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  • Museum No.: AO 04323
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-21 at 10:38:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 15:00:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2022-07-17 at 08:44:05 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-07-04 at 14:19:22 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“TCL 01, 233 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P386669.
TCL 01, 233 artifact entry (No. P386669). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P386669 (Original work published 2008)
TCL 01, 233 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P386669 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {TCL 01, 233 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P386669},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P386669},
}


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