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RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 (P492316)

Legal tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 04666

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 35.0 mm × 18.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(gesz2) 2(u) sar a-sza3#_
2. i-na# ha#-x-x-a
3. _da_ x#-x#-li#-ia
4. _sag_ [1(disz) x]-szi-hu-um
5. _sag#_ [2(disz)] ma-ni-um
6. _5(disz) gin2# [ku3]-babbar in-na-la2_
7. _ki_ ma-ni-el-[x]-x-um
8. {disz}s,i-su2-na-[aw]-ra-at
9. _in-szi-sa10_
10. _gesz-gan-na ib2-ta-bala_
11. _u4 kur2 lu2 lu2
12. _nu-mu-un-gi4#-gi4-dam_
reverse
1. _mu_ {d}za-ba4-ba4 u3 ia-wi-um
2. _in-pa3-de3-esz_
3. _igi_ i3-li2-us,-ra-ni
4. _dumu_ i-din-{d}suen
5. _igi_ sza?-zi-hu-um
6. _dumu_ ma-a-la-na-di-ta-na
7. _igi_ ku-ra-nu-um
8. _dumu_ x-[...]-x
9. _igi_ pu-ha#-a#-[a]
10. _dumu_ qu2-ur2#-[di-ia]
Lines 9-10 restored from OECT 13, 281 rev. 3-4
11. _iti kin-{d#}[inanna]_
12. _mu_ su-mu-di-ta-na# _ba-usz2_
seal 1
1'. ($ traces $) AN

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 52.0 high × 35.0 wide × 18.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (sale)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RA 008 (pp. 65-79), 072

[Thureau-Dangin1911RA8KIŠ] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1911. “Ašduni-Erim Roi de Kiš.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 8: 65–79.
history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1585

[Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 04666
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Yawium.00.06.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-08 at 18:37:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2022-08-15 at 07:51:13	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	approved
2022-08-15 at 07:50:42	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	approved
2022-08-14 at 15:23:50	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	approved
2015-12-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Wagensonner, Klaus	CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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“RA 008, 072-073 No. 3 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P492316.

RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry (No. P492316). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P492316 (Original work published 2015)

RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P492316 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).

@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P492316},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P492316},
}

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“RA 008, 072-073 No. 3 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P492316.

RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry (No. P492316). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P492316 (Original work published 2015)

RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P492316 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).

@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P492316},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P492316},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P492316
LB  - CDLI:P492316
M1  - 2025/6/13/
TI  - RA 008, 072-073 no. 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P492316
ER  -

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