TS 091 (P498246)

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 033169

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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tablet
obverse
1. [szi-ip-re]-e-tum
2. [sza _e2_] {d}nanna
3. [n _gin2] ku3-babbar_ ma-ti-nu-ru-um
4. [...] a-gu-u2-a-a
5. [...] _dam_ ma-ti-nu-ru-um
6. [...] be2*-et-ta-tum
7. [... {d}en]-lil2-ga-mi-il _ki_ 1(disz)
8. [... ni]-id#-na-at-{d}suen _ki_ 1(disz)
9. [...] ni#-id-na-at-{d}suen _ki_ 2(disz)
10. [...]-na#-at-{d}suen _ki_ 3(disz)!_
11. [... la-qi3]-pu#-um
12. [...]-tum
13. [... {d}en-lil2-ga-mi]-il _ki_ 2(disz)
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _dam_ [...]
2'. [...] er#-s,e-ia
3'. [...] na#-ra-am-ti-{d}en-lil2
4'. [...] mu-ha-ad-di-tum
5'. [...] {d}suen-a-sza-re-ed
6'. [...] 2/3(disz) _gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_
7'. [...] _u4 2(u) 8(disz)_
8'. [...] _mu ki_ 2(u) 9(disz)

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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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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: Archives familiales, 91

    [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, 082

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 033169
  • Accession No.: B 012

  • 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 13:19:51 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 09:08:09 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 091 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498246.
TS 091 artifact entry (No. P498246). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498246 (Original work published 2016)
TS 091 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498246 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
@misc{2024TS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {TS 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498246},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498246},
}

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