TS 023 (P498180)

Legal tablet 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 033203

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. i-na _e2_ {d}utu-du-[ur-szu]
2'. {disz}u-bar-{d}ku-usz [_gudu4_]
3'. {disz}{d}utu-ha-zi-ir _[szesz-a-ni]_
4'. u3 um-mi-t,a3-ba-at _ama#-a#-ni#_
5'. _ki_ u-bar-{d}ku-usz _gudu4_
6'. {disz}{[d]}utu-ha-zi-ir _szesz-a-ni_
7'. u3 um-mi-t,a3-ba-at _ama-a-ni_
8'. {disz}a*-pil2*-er-s,e-tim _dumu_ {d}utu-u2#-[...]
9'. [...]-x-zu-li _ama_ {d}utu-du-ur-szu#
10'. [x] _iti# 1(disz)-kam u4 1(u)-kam_
11'. [...] _in-szi-sa10_
12'. [...] _sa10 til-la-ni-sze3_
13'. [...] x x e
14'. [... {d}]utu#
15'. [... ri-im-{d}]suen# _lugal_
16'. [... _in]-pa3!-de3-mesz#_
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
2'. [...]-ra#
3'. [... nu]-ur2#-{d}szara2
4'. [...]-dim# _ra2-gaba_
5'. [...] u2
6'. [...] ku da
7'. [... {d}nin]-urta# _nar_
8'. _[lu2-inim-ma-bi]-mesz_
9'. _[iti ...] u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
10'. _[mu {gesz}tukul mah an] {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta# [i3-si-in] iri{ki} nam-lugal-la [u3 a2-dam didli-bi] a-na-me-a-bi [sipa zi {d}ri]-im-{d}[suen ...] mu nam-lugal-bi-sze3 du-[ri2-esz]_
seal 1
1. {d}suen-pa-t,e4-er
2. _dumu_ na!?-bi-i3-li2-szu
3. _ARAD_ AN {d}mar-tu

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)

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

  • primary: Archives familiales, 23

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

  • history: Archives familiales, pl. 03

    [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, 104

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 033203
  • Accession No.: B 046 (Ward: B 046a, case only)

  • 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
2024-07-15 at 14:08:12 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
2019-05-23 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

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 013708 (composite) (P513496) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“TS 023 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498180.
TS 023 artifact entry (No. P498180). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498180 (Original work published 2016)
TS 023 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498180 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
@misc{2024TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498180},
}


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PY  - 2024
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TI  - TS 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498180
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