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SANTAG 09, 016 (P502982)

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 024105

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) ku3-babbar gin2
2. 3(ban2) sze u2-s,a-ab
3. ki [{d}]suen#-ba-ni
4. ta-ar-da-a-a
5. dam {d#}suen#-na-s,i-ir
6. szu ba-an-ti
7. igi {d}mar-tu
8. igi {d}utu
reverse
1. igi {d}da-gan-du-ni lu2 azlag2
2. igi a-ap-ha-ru-um
3. szesz {d}suen-na-s,i-ir
4. igi zu-ra-ru-um
5. dumu i-ta-nu-um
6. igi ba-tu3-u2-a-a
7. dumu e-ri-isz {d}suen
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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SANTAG 9, 16

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 024105
Accession No.: 1898-02-15, 0487

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-11-26 at 11:52:55	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	approved
2018-01-04 at 03:16:08	Firth, Richard	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2017-09-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-487) (W_1898-0215-487)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“SANTAG 09, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P502982.

SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry (No. P502982). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P502982 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P502982 (Accessed: January 11, 2026).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P502982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P502982},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/11/
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SANTAG 09, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P502982.

SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry (No. P502982). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P502982 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P502982 (Accessed: January 11, 2026).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P502982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P502982},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P502982
LB  - CDLI:P502982
M1  - 2026/1/11/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P502982
ER  -