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SANTAG 09, 209 (P503184)

Legal 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 023792

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sar ki-su7#
2. e2 szar#-[ru-sa3 ...] e2 u3 BA TU ama-ni
  (rest covered by envelope)
reverse
  (beginning covered by envelope)
1'. [igi mu-ha]-du#-um dumu i-tur2-[su-me-el]
2'. [igi] szu-{d}na-na-a-a dub-sar
3'. igi be-li2-ba-asz-ti muhaldim
4'. igi isz-me-{d}suen lu2-tin
left
  (beginning covered by envelope)
1'. [...] e2 an-nu-ni-tum
2'. [...]-na-dim2
envelope
1. 3(disz) sar ki-su7 e2 szar-ru-sa3
2. u3 zi-mudar3 ama-ni ta
3. ki szar-ru-sa3 nin e2
4. {disz}dingir-sipa
5. in-szi-sa10
6. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
7. sa10 til-la-a-ni-sze3
8. in-na-la2
9. {gesz}gan-na ib2-ta#-[bala]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. mu [...]
2'. igi ARAD-[...]
3'. igi szu-{d}na#-[na-a-a]
4'. igi a-bi-a-ra-ah dumu# [...]
5'. igi mu-ha-du-um dumu i-[tur2]-su2#-me-el
6'. igi dingir-ma-lik zadim
7'. igi a-bi-ra-ah dumu a-ka-nu-um
8'. igi be-li2-ba-asz-ti muhaldim
9'. igi {d}suen-ma-lik
10'. iti szu-numun-a
11'. mu e2 an-nu-ni-tum mu-na-dim2
seal 1
1. szar-ru-sa3
2. dumu ku-bu-lum

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    tablet in case

  • primary: SANTAG 9, 209

    [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 023792
  • Accession No.: 1898-02-15, 0174

  • Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-04 at 14:32:45 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2018-11-27 at 12:01:24 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-10-02 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, 209 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503184.
SANTAG 09, 209 artifact entry (No. P503184). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503184 (Original work published 2017)
SANTAG 09, 209 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503184 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503184},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503184},
}


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