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CT 29, pl. 03, BM 028457 (P479905)

Letter tablet excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028457

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na# [lu2-{d}ba]-ba6#
2. qi2-bi2#-ma#
3. um-[ma a-hu-um]-ma
4. a-nu#-um#-ma
5. al-pu-u2
6. sza {disz}ur-{d}nin-si-an-na
7. a-na a-li-im
8. i-ru-bu-ni-im
9. szum-ma ta-ra-ma-an-ni
10. u3 szum-ma
11. a-na _ku3-babbar_-im
12. i-sza-a-mu
reverse
1. u3 na-di-[na-ni]
2. li-ma-ad#
3. s,a-ba-at-ma#
4. zu-ki-i-ma#
5. a-pu-tum#
6. la ta-ka-ri-ma-an-ni
7. ku-nu-kam
8. szu-bi-lam#
9. a-pu-tum#
10. u3 na-di-na-ni
11. ku-szu-ud
12. i-na an-ni-tim
left
1. ka-sza-ad#-ka#
2. a-ma-ar#

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 29, 03, BM 028457

[King1910CT 29] King, Leonard W. 1910. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 29.
history: AbB 2, 123

[Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 028457
Accession No.: 1898-10-12, 0048

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2017-12-10 at 12:34:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-12-10 at 04:34:57	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-14 at 02:32:16	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2015-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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“CT 29, Pl. 03, BM 028457 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P479905.

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 028457 artifact entry (No. P479905). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479905 (Original work published 2015)

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 028457 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479905 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 29, pl. 03, {BM} 028457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479905},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479905},
}

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“CT 29, Pl. 03, BM 028457 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P479905.

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 028457 artifact entry (No. P479905). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479905 (Original work published 2015)

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 028457 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479905 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 29, pl. 03, {BM} 028457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479905},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479905},
}

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