Edinburgh 44 (P453239)
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.1911.203.16Provenience
Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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55.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 19.0 mm
obverse
1. _n# GAN2# 4(disz) sar# a-sza3 hi-a_
2. _[da a]-sza3#?_ er3#-ra#-ga-sze-er
3. u3 _da_ [x (x)]-x
4. _1/2(iku) GAN2 3(disz) [sar] {gesz#}kiri6_
5. _da_ er3#?-[ra-ga-sze]-er
6. u3 _da#_ [...]-bi#?
7. _sa10 [til-la-ni]-sze3#_
8. _1(disz) ma-na [ku3-babbar] in#-na-la2_
9. _ki_ i-bi-{d}en-[lil2]
reverse
1. szum-szu-nu-wa-tar2
2. _in-szi-sa10_
3. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
4. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_
5. _igi_ ku-da-nu-um
6. _igi_ im-di-er3-ra
7. _igi_ er3-ra-ga-sze-er
8. _igi_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
9. _igi_ ha-si-qum
10. _igi_ s,i-su2-na-aw-ra-at
11. _mu ka-zal-lu{ki} ba-an-dab#_
seal 1
1. i-bi-{d}en-lil2
2. dumu ba-zi-nu-um
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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): 55.0 high × 38.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation: complete
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- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: Edinburgh, 44
[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. 1591
[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, 192 no. 6
[Langdon1911PSBA33] Langdon, Stephen H. 1911. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 33.
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- Museum No.: NMS A.1911.203.16
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- Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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- Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Sumu-abum.13.00.00
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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 15:08:52 | 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 2026-03-13]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 1},
title = {Edinburgh 44 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P453239},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453239},
}
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