TS 014 (P498171)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), 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 033181

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) _gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 e2 du3-a_
2. _mar-za e2_ {d}nin-gublaga
3. _mu 1(disz)-e u4 3(disz) 2/3(disz) 5(disz)*-kam_
4. _nam-szita4 e2_ {d}nanna
5. _mu 1(disz)-e u4 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam_
6. _mu 1(disz)-e gudu4 alan e2_ {d}nin*-lil2*
7. _u4 1(u) 1/2(disz)-kam_
8. 3(u) 7(disz)* _sar kiri6 gesz gub-ba_
9. 1(disz) {gesz}ig e2-ur3-ra_
10. 1(disz) {gesz}banszur 1(disz) gesznu(NU2) 1(disz) {gesz}gu-za_
11. 1(disz) {na4}kin2!-kin2!_
12. _ha-la_ ur-{d}lal3
13. _dam-gar3 szesz szesz-ra_
14. _nu-ha-sa-ab-ze-en _
15. _ma2-hi-a nam-murub4*_-szu-nu
16. na-di-i
reverse
1. _igi_ bu-zu-u2 _dumu_
2. {disz}sa3-a-sum2
3. {disz}za-al-li-ia
4. {disz}tu-la-nu-um
5. {disz}szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
6. {disz}{d}suen-<mu>-ba-li2-it,
7. {disz}{d}da-mu-illat-su2
8. {disz}lu-ud-lu-ul-{d}suen
9. {disz}a-da-a-a
10. a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku
  so Charpin, copy: -tak2-la-ak
11. _iti sze-sag11#-[ku5]_
12. _mu i7 lagasz za3 <a>-ab!-ba#-a mu-ba-al
  seal impression
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) _igi-4(disz)-gal2 e2 du3#-[a]_
2. _mar-za_ sza _e2_ {d}[...]
3. _mu_ 1(disz) [...]
4. _nam_ [...]
5. [...]
6. [... {d}nin]-lil2#?
7. [...]-kam
8. [...] _gub#-ba_
  rest broken
reverse
1. _e2 kiri6 nig2-gur11_ x [...]
  n lines broken
2'. _x-bi ba-ni-[...] x
3'. _u4-kur2-sze3 szesz szesz-ra# inim# nu-um-ga2-ga2_
4'. _mu lugal-bi in-pa3_
5'. _igi_ tu-la-nu-um _dumu_ za-al-la-ni
6'. {disz}szu-mu-um-li-[ib]-szi _szesz-a-ni_
7'. {disz}bu-zu-u2 _dumu#_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
8'. {disz}u-bar-um _dumu_ a-gu5-u2-a
9'. {disz}sa3-a-sum2 _dumu_ ur-{d}lal3
10'. {disz}za-al-li-ia _szesz-a-ni_
11'. {disz}ri-ma-am-{d}suen _dumu_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
12'. {disz}a-da-a-a _dumu_ nu-ur2-ku-bi
13'. {disz}{d}suen-tu-ra-am
14'. {disz}di-iq-di-qum _dumu_ u-bar-um
15'. {disz}{d}da-mu-illat-su2 [_dumu_ ...]-{d}nin-gublaga
16'. {disz}a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku [...]
17'. {disz}[be?]-li2-ia [...]
18'. _iti [sze]-sag11-[ku5]_
19'. _mu i7 lagasz{ki} za3 a-ab-ba-a mu-un-ba-al_
seal 1
1. za-al-la-ni
2. ur-{d}lal3
3. be-li2-i-din-nam
4. a-ha-nir-szi
5. _dumu-mesz ku3-ga-a-ni_

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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

  • primary: Archives familiales, 14

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

  • history: Strassmaier Warka, 092

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 033181
  • Accession No.: B 024

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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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
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2019-05-24 at 14:33:29 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2019-05-23 at 09:06:57 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2016-04-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus 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 013701 (composite) (P513489) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“TS 014 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498171.
TS 014 artifact entry (No. P498171). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498171 (Original work published 2016)
TS 014 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498171 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498171},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P498171
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M1  - 2025/5/6/
TI  - TS 014 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498171
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