TS 018 (P498175)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr), 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 033201

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_
2. 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_
3. 1(disz) _{gesz}ig ze2-na geszimmar_
4. 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar_
5. _da e2_ dingir-na-s,i-ir
6. 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_
7. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_
8. _da {gesz}kiri6_ hi-isz-sza-tum
9. _ha-la_ be-le-su2-nu
10. 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_
11. 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_
12. 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar
13. _da e2_ a-pil-{d}suen _szusz3_
14. 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar_
15. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_
16. _da {gesz}kiri6_ a-wi-ia-tum
reverse
1. _ha-la_ hi-isz-sza-tum
2. _e2 {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}szu-kar2 nig2-szu gal2*_
3. _nig2*-gur11* gal2-la_
4. sza _ad-da-ne i3-ba-e-ne_
5. _mu {d}nanna {d}utu_
6. u3 ri-im-{d}suen _lugal-e in-pa3_
7. _igi_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2
8. _igi_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
9. _igi_ {d}suen-pi-la-ah
10. _igi_ {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am
11. _igi_ pi-ir-hu-um
12. _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu
13. _igi_ dumu-um-mi-im
14. _igi_ u-bar-um _aga-us2_
15. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
16. _igi_ e2-a-i-din-nam
17. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur!
18. _iti udru{duru5}
19. _mu ki-sur-ra{ki} ba-an-dab5(TUG2)_
envelope
obverse
1. 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_
2. 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun_
3. 1(disz) _{gesz}ig ze2-na geszimmar 1(disz) _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar_
4. _da e2_ dingir-na-s,i-ir
5. 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_
6. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_
7. _da {gesz}kiri6_ hi-isz-sza-tum
8. _ha-la_ be-le-et-su2-nu
9. 5/6(disz) _sar 2(u) sze e2 du3-a_
10. 1/2(disz) _sar ga2-nun-na_
11. [1(disz)] _{gesz}ig {gesz}geszimmar
12. _da e2_ a-pil-{d}suen _szusz3_
13. 3(u) _sar {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}geszimmar ib2-si_
14. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) _sar kislah_
15. _da {gesz}kiri6_ a-wi-ia-tum
16. _ha-la_ hi-isz-sza-tum
17. _e2 {gesz}kiri6 [x] x [x?] nig2-gur11_
18. sza _at-ta-e-ne#
19. i3-ba-e-ne#_
reverse
1. _u4*-kur2*-sze3 nu-mu-un#-[gi4-gi4-de3]_
2. _mu {d}nanna {d}utu_
3. u3 ri-im-{d}suen _lugal-e_
4. _in-pa3-mesz_
5. _igi_ s,i-li2-isz8-tar2 _dumu_
6. _igi_ lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 _dumu_ a-pil-sza-wa-qar
7. _igi_ {d}suen-pi-la-ah _dumu_ sza-ma-a-a
8. _igi_ pi-ir-hu-um _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni
9. _igi_ {d}suen-i-ri-ba _dumu_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
10. _igi_ e2-a-i-din-nam _dumu_ sa3-si2-ia
11. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _szu-ku6_
12. _igi_ u-bar-{d}utu _dumu_ i-din-dingir
13. _igi_ dumu-um-mi-im _dumu_ i3-li2-a-sze-ri
14. _igi_ u-bar-um _aga-us2_
15. _igi_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur _dub-sar_
16. _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz_
17. _iti udru{duru5}_
18. _mu ki-sur-ra{ki} ba-an-dab5# u3 {gesz}tukul kal-ga-ni-ta {d}en-lil2-le mu-na-szum2-ma!-ta bad3-an{ki} mu-na-hul-a_
  seal impression
seal 1
1. s,i-li2-isz8-tar2
2. _dumu_ {d}suen-isz-me-ni

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: Archives familiales, 18

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

  • history: BAP, 108

    [Meissner1893BAP] Meissner, Bruno. 1893. Beiträge Zum Altbabylonischen Privatrecht. Assyriologische Bibliothek 11. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Strassmaier Warka, 017-018

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

  • citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 123

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 033201
  • Accession No.: B 044

  • Provenience: Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)
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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 13:19:51 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
2019-05-23 at 09:06:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2016-04-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 013703 (composite) (P513491) Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“TS 018 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498175.
TS 018 artifact entry (No. P498175). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498175 (Original work published 2016)
TS 018 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498175 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
@misc{2024TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498175},
}


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