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SANTAG 09, 258 (P503230)

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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 085808

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar]
2. _hu-bu-ta-tum_
3. ki nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu
4. i-din-{d}iszkur
5. u3 a-ha-nir-szi
6. szu ba-an-ti-<esz>
reverse
1. igi ma-ki-x-x?
2. igi {d}suen-sze-me
blank space
3. mu e2 {d}nin-urta# mu-na-dim2
seal 1
illegible

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, 258

[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 085808
Accession No.: 1899-04-15, 0615

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Manabalte-el.A.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2018-12-02 at 06:53:07	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2018-11-30 at 01:09:55	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2017-10-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.85808) (BM.85808)
British Museum Collection (W_1899-0415-615) (W_1899-0415-615)

Seals

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 Artifacts

“SANTAG 09, 258 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P503230.

SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry (No. P503230). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503230 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503230 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503230},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503230},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SANTAG 09, 258 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P503230.

SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry (No. P503230). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P503230 (Original work published 2017)

SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P503230 (Accessed: February 8, 2026).

@misc{2023SANTAG,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P503230},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P503230},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P503230
LB  - CDLI:P503230
M1  - 2026/2/8/
TI  - SANTAG 09, 258 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P503230
ER  -