CDLI Literary 002338, ex. 001 (P464215)
Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMuseum Number
YBC 12074Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal > Business / Contracts (ETCSL 5.07.a Public Announcement of Lost of Seal (witness); model contract)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. kiszib3 mu-sar ur-dun dam-gar3-ra u2-gu ba-de3
2.a. inim pu-uh2-<ru-um>-ma-ta
2.b. nimgir#-e sila sila-a si gu3 ba-ni-ra
3. lu2-na-me nig2-na-me ugu-na li-bi-tuku
4. {disz}lu2-gi-na szagina
5. {disz}lugal-me-lam2 ensi2
6. {disz}zu-zu um-mi-a
7. {disz}si-du3 dub-sar
8. {disz}ad-lub agrig
9. {disz}ba-an-sa6-ge gala sanga
10. {disz}ud-ul-a ha-za-nu-um
11. nimgir#-e lu2 inim-ma-bi#-mesz#
reverse
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uncertain
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (ETCSL 5.07.a Public Announcement of Lost of Seal (witness); model contract)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Model Contracts, pl. 23-24
[Bodine2014ModelContracts] Bodine, Walter R. 2014. How Mesopotamian Scribes Learned to Write Legal Documents : A Study of the Sumerian Model Contracts in the Babylonian Collection at Yale University. Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press.
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history: JAOS 88 (pp. 71-89), 088 n.113
[Hallo1968JAOS88] Hallo, William W. 1968. “Individual Prayer in Sumerian: The Continuity of a Tradition.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 88 (1): 71–89.
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history: BiMes 06, 56
[Hallo1977BiMes6] Hallo, William W. 1977. “Seals Lost and Found.” In Seals and Sealing in the Ancient Near Eas, 6:55–60. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. Malibu: Undena Publications.
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- Museum No.: YBC 12074
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- Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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| 2024-10-23 at 18:48:54 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-09-10 at 13:18:52 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-16 at 09:05:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-14 at 14:40:30 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2017-12-10 at 09:35:36 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-12-02 at 07:50:25 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2017-11-12 at 12:00:42 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2014-03-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-025870) (BC-025870)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.7.a) (5.7.a)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.7.a) (5.7.a)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.12074) (YBC.12074)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P464215) (P464215)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 002338 (Public Announcement Loss of Seal) composite (P478975) | View the score |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024CDLI,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 23},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 002338, ex. 001 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P464215},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P464215},
}
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