TS 032 (P463113)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr), 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 033184 + BM 033280

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (inheritance division)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}i3-li2-sukkal
2. {disz}hi-sza-a-tum
3. _nam-ibila-ni-sze3 in-dab_
4. _nam-ibila-ni-sze3 in-gar_
5. _u4-kur2-sze3 tukum-bi_
6. {disz}i3-li2-sukkal
7. _nam_ hi-sza-a-tum# _ama#-a-ni_
8. u2-ul _ama-a-ni_ iq#-ta#-a-bi
9. i-na _e2 {gesz}kiri6 u3 nig2-gur11_
10. ma-la i-ba-asz-szu
11. i-te-el-li
12. _u4-kur2-sze3 tukum-bi_
13. {disz}hi-sza-a-tum
14. _nam_ i3-li2-sukkal _dumu-ni_
15. u2-ul _dumu-ni_ iq-ta-a-bi
reverse
1. i-na _e2 {gesz}kiri6 nig2-gur11_
2. i-te-el-li
3. _igi_ u-bar-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}suen-sze-mi
4. _igi_ li-pi2-it-{d}inanna _dumu_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
5. _igi_ i-din-{d}suen _dumu-ni_
6. _igi_ u-bar-{d}suen _dumu_ i-ku-un-pi4-{d}inanna
7. _igi_ {d}iszkur-mu-ba-li2-it,
8. _dumu_ na-bi-{d}suen
9. _igi_ mu-ha-du-um
10. _dumu_ {d}suen-a-zu
11. _igi_ a-wi-il-dingir _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ra-bi
12. _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_
13. _iti ab-ba-e3_
14. _mu ki 9(disz) i3-si-in{ki} in-dab5-ba
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _[nam-ibila]-ni-sze3# [in-gar]_
2'. _[u4]-kur2-sze3 tukum-bi_
3'. {disz}i3-li2-sukkal
4'. _nam_ hi-sza-a-tum# _ama-a-ni_
5'. u2-ul _ama-a-ni_ iq-ta-a-bi
6'. i-na _e2 {gesz}kiri6 u3 nig2-gur11_
7'. ma-la i-ba-asz-szu
8'. i-te-el-li
9'. _u4-kur2-sze3 tukum-bi_
10'. <{disz}hi-sza-a-tum>
11'. _nam_ i3-li2-sukkal _dumu-ni
12'. u2-ul _dumu-ni_ iq-ta-a-bi
reverse
1. ma#-la i-ba-asz-szu
2. [i]-na# _e2 {gesz}kiri6 u3 nig2-[gur11]_
3. i-te-el-li
4. _nu-mu-un-da-bala-e_
5. _mu_ {d}nanna {d}utu
6. u3 {d}ri-im-{d}suen _lugal in-pa3-mesz_
7. _igi_ u-bar-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}suen-sze-mi
8. [_igi_ li-pi2]-it#-{d}inanna _dumu_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
9. [_igi_ i-din-{d}]suen# _szesz-a-ni_
10. [_igi_ ...] x [...]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. i-ku-pi4-{d}suen
2. _dumu_ na-bi-{d}x-x
3. _ARAD_ [...]
seal 2
1. {d}nin-szubur
2. _agrig_ e2-an-na
3. _du11-ga-ni igi-sze3 DU
seal 3
1. {d}pa-bil-sag
2. u3 {d}gu-la

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (inheritance division)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: Archives familiales, 32

    [Charpin1980Archivesfamiliales] Charpin, Dominique. 1980. Archives Familiales et Propriéte Privée En Babylonie Ancienne : Étude Des Documents de “Tell Sifr.” Vol. 12. Hautes Études Orientales.

  • history: BAP, 93

    [Meissner1893BAP] Meissner, Bruno. 1893. Beiträge Zum Altbabylonischen Privatrecht. Assyriologische Bibliothek 11. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Strassmaier Warka, 003-004

    [Strassmaier1882] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1882. Texte, Altbabylonischer Verträge Aus Warka. Orient. Congr. Abhandll.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 033184 + BM 033280
  • Accession No.: B 027

  • Provenience: Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)
  • Elevation:
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 10:33:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-05-23 at 09:07:30 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2014-01-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Tadmor, Hayim CDLI approved View

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

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 013034 (composite) (P511511) Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
CDLI Seals 013056 (composite) (P511533) Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
CDLI Seals 013061 (composite) (P511538) Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“TS 032 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P463113.
TS 032 artifact entry (No. P463113). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P463113 (Original work published 2014)
TS 032 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P463113 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
@misc{2024TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P463113},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P463113},
}


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