SANTAG 09, 255 (P503227)

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 085792

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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) gur sze masz2 1(asz) gur [...]
2. ki hi-li-ia
3. {disz}usz-ta-asz-nu-u2
4. szu ba-an-ti
5. u4-buru14-sze3 szum2-mu-dam
reverse
1. igi i3-li2-da-na-ni
2. igi e-te-lum
3. igi la-na-szu?-u2
4. mu ti4-lim-da ku3-babbar mu-na-du3
5. igi ia-ip-te-hi-a-nu-um#?
seal 1
1. usz#-ta-asz-ni-[i3]-li2
2. dumu bu-ku-x-nu

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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  • primary: SANTAG 9, 255

    [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 085792
  • Accession No.: 1899-04-15, 0599

  • 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
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
2018-11-30 at 01:09:55 Firth, Richard Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-10-03 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) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“SANTAG 09, 255 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P503227.
SANTAG 09, 255 artifact entry (No. P503227). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503227 (Original work published 2017)
SANTAG 09, 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503227 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503227},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503227},
}


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