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SANTAG 09, 173 (P503135)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope 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 029215

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] x x
2. [...] x [...] sze
3. ki ARAD-{d}en-lil2#
4. [x?]-ma-tum
5. szu ba-an-ti
6. [...] i hi?
7. [...] x x
reverse
1. [...] x a
2. [...] x [...] {d}nin?-szubur?
3. [...] a bi x x
blank space
4. iti udru{duru5}
5. mu {d}ur-{d}nin-urta ba-usz2
seal 1
1. x-x-ma-tum
2. [dumu ...] ta? [...]

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 & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
part of case adhering

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: SANTAG 9, 173

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029215
Accession No.: 1898-11-12, 0391

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ur-Ninurta.†.11.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-04 at 14:32:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2018-12-01 at 10:54:26	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-23 at 15:29:41	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-10-04 at 10:28:22	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-09-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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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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“SANTAG 09, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503135.

SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry (No. P503135). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503135 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503135 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).

@misc{2025SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503135},
}

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M1  - 2025/5/6/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503135
ER  -

“SANTAG 09, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503135.

SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry (No. P503135). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503135 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503135 (Accessed: May 6, 2025).

@misc{2025SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503135},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503135},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P503135
LB  - CDLI:P503135
M1  - 2025/5/6/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503135
ER  -

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