Edinburgh 59 (P453224)
Legal tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UKMuseum Number
NMS A.1911.203.31Provenience
Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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65.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 17.0 mm
obverse
1. _1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i#-na# [ha-an-ta-a]
2. _da a-sza3_ sza-ZI-[...]
3. _sag-bi e_ ZA-ar#-[...]
4. _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_
5. _3(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar in!-[na-la2]_
6. _ki_ hal-ha-lum
7. _dumu_ szu-a-nu-um
8. {disz}s,i-su2-na-aw-ra-at
9. _in-szi-sa10_
10. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
11. _u4# kur2# lu2 lu2-u3#_
12. _[nu-mu]-un#-gi4#-[gi4-dam]_
13. _[mu_ {d}za-ba4]-ba4 u3 ia#-[wi-um]
14. _in-pa3#-[de3-esz]_
reverse
1. _igi_ su2-sa3-lum _dumu_ ik#-[ka-rum]
2. _igi_ ma-ar-si2-la#-[ku?]
3. _igi_ ba-bu-um
4. _dumu-mesz_ u2-na-nu-um#
5. [_igi_] bu-ur2-ga-nu-[um]
6. [_dumu_ ia]-ku#-ub-el3#
7. [_igi_] mu#-ha-du-um
8. _dumu_ sa-ga-ru-um#
9. _iti kin-{d}inanna_
10. _mu {kusz}a2-la2 x# [(...)]_
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 65.0 high × 42.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation: complete
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- Genre(s): Legal
- Language(s):
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primary: Edinburgh, 59
[Dalley1979Edinburgh] Dalley, Stephanie. 1979. A Catalogue of the Akkadian Cuneiform Tablets in the Collections of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, with Copies of the Texts. Art & Archaeology 2. Edinburgh: The Royal Scottish Museum.
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history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1583
[Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
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history: PSBA 33, 234 no. 17
[Langdon1911PSBA33] Langdon, Stephen H. 1911. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 33.
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- Museum No.: NMS A.1911.203.31
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- Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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- Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
- Dates Referenced: (Manana dynasty)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-06-01 at 19:04:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2022-08-15 at 10:23:20 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2022-08-15 at 10:19:10 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2022-08-15 at 10:17:18 | Jagersma, Bram | Transliteration | Jagersma, Bram | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2013-06-27 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Reid, Nicholas; Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI | Approved |
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@misc{2024Edinburgh,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 1},
title = {Edinburgh 59 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P453224},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453224},
}
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