Education in the Earliest Schools 072 (P388301)

Letter tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

SC 3, 001i

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) c. 1800
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388301
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388301

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain) antiquities market
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Number	SC 3, 001i
Accession Number	52150

References

primary: Education in the Earliest Schools, no. 72

[Wilson2008Education] Wilson, Mark. 2008. Education in the Earliest Schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.
history: NABU 2022/059

[Béranger2022NABU59] Béranger, Marine. 2022. “‘Open the Granary!’ Ur-Zababa’s Letter to Ṣilli-Šamaš: The Duplicate from the Cotsen Collection.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2022 (2): 127–31.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2009-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Spada, Gabriella; Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 072 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388301.

Education in the Earliest Schools 072 artifact entry (No. P388301). (2009, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388301

Education in the Earliest Schools 072 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388301 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Education in the Earliest Schools 072 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388301.

Education in the Earliest Schools 072 artifact entry (No. P388301). (2009, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388301

Education in the Earliest Schools 072 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388301 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Education in the {Earliest} {Schools} 072 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388301},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388301},
}

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DA  - 2009/4/6/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388301
LB  - CDLI:P388301
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - Education in the Earliest Schools 072 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388301
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