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TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 (P424218)

Legal tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Museum Collection(s)

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 16457

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _5(u) 3(asz) 3(ban2) gur zu2-lum_
2. _{gesz}banesz_ nam-ha-ar-ti
3. _mu-kux(DU)_ {d}iszkur-dingir
4. nam-ha-ar-ti
reverse
1. {disz}a-hu-szu-nu _szandana_
blank space
2. _iti ab-ab-e3 u4 1(u)-kam_
3. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e alan {gesz}tukul sag3-ge_
seal 1
1. a-hu-szu-nu
2. dumu si2-ia-tum#
3. ARAD {d}[nin-si-an-na]

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Collections

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TJDB, pl. 52, MAH 16457

[Szlechter1958TJDB] Szlechter, Émile. 1958. Tablettes Juridiques de La 1e Dynastie de Babylone Conservées Au Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève. Vol. XVI. Publications de l’Institut de Droit Romain de l’Université de Paris. Paris: Recueil Sirey.
citation: JCS 05 (pp. 18-20), 019, no. 2.7.2

[Sollberger1951JCS5Geneva] Sollberger, Edmond. 1951. “The Cuneiform Collection in Geneva.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5 (1): 18–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359571.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MAH 16457
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Provenience

Provenience: Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.25.10.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-07-18 at 17:10:51	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2011-10-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cavigneaux, Antoine; Pagé-Perron, Émilie		CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“TJDB Pl. 52, MAH 16457 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424218.

TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry (No. P424218). (2011, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424218

TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424218 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2011TJDB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {TJDB pl. 52, {MAH} 16457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424218},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/2/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424218
LB  - CDLI:P424218
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424218
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TJDB Pl. 52, MAH 16457 Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2011. https://cdli.earth/P424218.

TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry (No. P424218). (2011, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424218

TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry (2011) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424218 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).

@misc{2011TJDB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2011},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {TJDB pl. 52, {MAH} 16457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424218},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2011/10/2/
PY  - 2011
ID  - P424218
LB  - CDLI:P424218
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - TJDB pl. 52, MAH 16457 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424218
ER  -