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CDLI Literary 000784, ex. 044 (P453293)

Literary tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080149

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.06.03 Farmer’s instructions (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
Two column tablet, lower right corner and most of the right side missing. Column iv was left blank.
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Artifact comments:
Two column tablet, lower right corner and most of the right side missing. Column iv was left blank.

Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.06.03 Farmer’s instructions (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Georgica, pls.15-16, BM 080149

[Civil1994Georgica] Civil, Miguel. 1994. The Farmer’s Instructions : A Sumerian Agricultural Manual. Vol. 5. Aula Orientalis. Supplementa. Sabadell-Barcelona : AUSA.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 080149
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0262

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 17:11:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 17:07:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-07-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.6.3) (5.6.3)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.6.3) (5.6.3)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.80149) (BM.80149)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P453293) (P453293)
British Museum Collection (W_1891-0509-262) (W_1891-0509-262)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000784 (Farmer's Instructions) composite (P478970)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000784, Ex. 044 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453293.

CDLI Literary 000784, ex. 044 artifact entry (No. P453293). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453293 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Literary 000784, ex. 044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453293 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453293},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 000784, Ex. 044 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453293.

CDLI Literary 000784, ex. 044 artifact entry (No. P453293). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453293 (Original work published 2013)

CDLI Literary 000784, ex. 044 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453293 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

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	month = {jul 3},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453293},
}

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