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SANTAG 09, 256 (P503228)

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 085799

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

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Text

tablet
obverse
(partly covered by @envelope)
1. [x gur] sze ur5-ra sag
2. masz2# [...] 1(barig) 4(ban2) ta
3. ki# [...] me?-pa?-u2-ma
4. [...] x
5. [...] ra
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
2. igi {d}suen-i-di2-na-am
3. dumu szu-s,a-am-i3-li2
4. igi li-li-mi-il-ku
5. igi ma-nu-um-sza-ni-in-szu
6. igi su2-ga-lum
7. dumu a-ba-zi-im
8. mu ti-lim-da ku3-babbar {d}sud mu-na-dim2
envelope
1. [...]
2. [...]-bi [...]
3. ki# {d}[...]
4. [...] x-nu-[...]
5. [...] ni esz? [...]
6. szu# ba-an-[ti]
7. [igi {d}]suen#-i-di2#-[nam]
rest broken
reverse
broken
seal 1
1. [...] x [...]
2. dumu i3-li2-[...]

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
part of case adhering

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: SANTAG 9, 256

[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 085799
Accession No.: 1899-04-15, 0606

Provenience

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

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Itur-Shamash.C.00.00
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
2018-11-30 at 01:09:55	Firth, Richard	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2017-10-03 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, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503228.

SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry (No. P503228). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503228 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503228 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).

@misc{2025SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P503228
M1  - 2025/5/8/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503228
ER  -

“SANTAG 09, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P503228.

SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry (No. P503228). (2025, March 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503228 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503228 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).

@misc{2025SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 4},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503228},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P503228
LB  - CDLI:P503228
M1  - 2025/5/8/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503228
ER  -

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