TS 087 (P498242)

Business / Contracts 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 033165

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) ninda 4(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud!?_
2. _da sag iz-zi dal-ba-na_
3. _2(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
4. _sza3_ sa! {disz}{d}nanna-ma-an-szum2
5. {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
6. _al-du10_
7. a-na mi-li-im#
8. sza u2-[ul-lu-szu?]
reverse
1. x x [...]
2. _ugu_ [...]
3. {disz}{d}[...]
4. _in-[...]_
5. _mu lugal-bi in-[pa3]_
6. _igi_ {d}nin-gal-um-mi
7. {disz}{d}suen-i-qi2#-[sza-am ...]
8. {disz}lu2-ma2-nu-ri_ [...]
9. {disz}{d}suen-sze-mi _dumu#_ [...]
10. {disz}{d}suen-szar-um _dumu_ {d}suen-ia?-[...]
11. {disz}{d}utu-ma-an-szum2
12. _dumu_ ur-sza-nu-um
13. _lu2-inim-ma-bi-me-esz#_
left
1. _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a_
2. _mu iri-sa12-rig7! ki-bi bi2-in-gi4_
  Charpin: more signs preserved than in Jean’s copy

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Archives familiales, 87

    [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. 3

    [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, 078

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 033165
  • Accession No.: B 008

  • 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
2019-05-24 at 21:56:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-23 at 09:08:09 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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Cite this Artifact
“TS 087 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498242.
TS 087 artifact entry (No. P498242). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498242 (Original work published 2016)
TS 087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498242 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498242},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498242},
}

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