Edinburgh 38 (P453246)
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.1911.203.10Provenience
Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
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51.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 20.0 mm
obverse
1. _6(asz) sze-gesz-[i3 gur]_
2. _gu2-un-bi_
3. _2(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6_
4. _ugu_ s,i-su2-na-aw-ra-at
5. _dumu_ a-bu-um
6. {disz}szum-szu-nu-wa-tar
7. _an-tuku_
reverse
1. _u4 buru14-sze3_
2. _i3-ag2-e_
3. _igi_ i-di-isz-{d}za-ba4-ba4
4. _igi_ da-di
5. _igi#_ ki-nu-ma?-SZI
6. _igi#_ {d}nanna#!-ki-ag2 _dub-sar_
blank space
7. _iti udru{duru5}_
8. _mu us2-sa {kusz}a2-la2 e2 {d}nanna ma-na-na-[a mu-na-an-dim2]_
seal 1
1. s,i-su2-na#-aw-ra-at
2. dumu a-bu-um
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Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 51.0 high × 37.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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- Artifact Preservation: complete
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- Genre(s): Legal
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primary: Edinburgh, 38
[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. 1496
[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, 239-240 no. 28
[Langdon1911PSBA33] Langdon, Stephen H. 1911. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 33.
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- Museum No.: NMS A.1911.203.10
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- Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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- Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Manana.E.11.00 (us2 year)
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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 14:28:01 | 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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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 1},
title = {Edinburgh 38 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P453246},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453246},
}
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