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CT 29, pl. 11, BM 080723 (P479915)

Letter tablet 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

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BM 080723

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Tablet

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Clay

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Letter

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Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma
2. um-ma ta-tu-ur-ma-tum _geme2_-ka-a-ma
3. {d}utu u3 {d}a-a ka-la-tum asz-szu-mi-ia
4. da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. _e2_ sza-lim u3 s,u2-ha-ru-u2
6. sza-al-mu
7. asz-szum en-ke-tim u3 er-bi-i
8. sza u2-na-ah-hi-du-ka
9. la ta-ma-asz-szi
reverse
1. li#-qi2-a-am
2. a-na asz-szu-ur-a-su {disz}ba-la-nu-um
3. u3 a-wi-le-e du-bu-ub
4. sza-ap-ta-ka lu-u2 t,a3-ba
5. ki-ma i-na mu-uh-hi-szu ta-az-za-zu
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Consult sign 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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Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

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primary: CT 29, 11, BM 080723

[King1910CT 29] King, Leonard W. 1910. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 29.
history: AbB 2, 141

[Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.
history: AoF 10 (pp. 49-63), 060

[Kraus1983AoF10] Kraus, Fritz R., and Horst Klengel. 1983. “Spat-Altbabylonische Briefe Aus Babylon (VS 22: 83-92).” Altorientalische Forschungen 10: 49–63.

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Museum No.: BM 080723
Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0861

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Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-23 at 16:03:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2018-06-18 at 02:06:33	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2015-03-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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“CT 29, Pl. 11, BM 080723 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P479915.

CT 29, pl. 11, BM 080723 artifact entry (No. P479915). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479915 (Original work published 2015)

CT 29, pl. 11, BM 080723 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479915 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {CT 29, pl. 11, {BM} 080723 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479915},
}

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“CT 29, Pl. 11, BM 080723 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P479915.

CT 29, pl. 11, BM 080723 artifact entry (No. P479915). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479915 (Original work published 2015)

CT 29, pl. 11, BM 080723 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479915 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479915},
}

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