SANTAG 09, 004 (P502970)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014208

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...] sze# ur5#-ra gur
2. [ki {d}]suen-ba-ni
3. [...]-zu-kum
4. dumu# a-ab-ri-x
5. szu# ba-an-ti#
reverse
1. igi a-bi-zi
2. dumu ip-qu2-{d}suen#
3. igi# ku-li-zu-um
seal 1
  (illegible)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    illegible

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: SANTAG 9, 4

    [Goddeeris2009SANTAG9] Goddeeris, Anne. 2009. Tablets from Kisurra in the Collections of the British Museum. SANTAG. Arbeiten Und Untersuchungen Zur Keilschriftkunde 9. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 014208
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-02, 0309

  • Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-03 at 07:13:46 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-11-12 at 11:28:07 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-09-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“SANTAG 09, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P502970.
SANTAG 09, 004 artifact entry (No. P502970). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P502970 (Original work published 2017)
SANTAG 09, 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P502970 (Accessed: June 16, 2025).
@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P502970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P502970},
}


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