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SANTAG 09, 127 (P503091)

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 029754

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ku3 gin2? masz2-bi igi 4(disz)-gal2
2. 2(asz) gur sze masz2-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2)
3. ki {d}suen-ri-<me>-ba-am
4. {d}nanna-u2-s,i2-ia
5. szu ba-an-ti
reverse
1. iti sig4-a szu-mu-dam
2. igi sza-dingir-ma2-da
3. igi sze-ru-um-ba-ni
4. dumu e2-lu2-ti
5. igi mu-ha-du-um
6. dumu ga-zi-ia
7. mu {gesz}tukul {d}da-mu szu ba-an-ti-a

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, 127

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

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Museum No.: BM 029754
Accession No.: 1898-11-15, 0140

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ubaya.C.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

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
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
2018-11-23 at 09:04:07	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-09-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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“SANTAG 09, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P503091.

SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry (No. P503091). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503091 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503091 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503091},
}

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“SANTAG 09, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P503091.

SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry (No. P503091). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503091 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503091 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503091},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503091},
}

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TI  - SANTAG 09, 127 artifact entry
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