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Semitica 56, 047, 04 (P504420)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 088681

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

28.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 20.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) zi3-da
2. szuku e2 _a-si-ri_#
3. zi#-ga
reverse
blank space
1. nig2#-szu# a-hu-wa-qar
2. u3 na-bi-{d}suen
3. iti bara2#-za3-gar u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam
4. mu# unu#{ki#} u3# a2#-dam#-bi#
seal 1
1. [{d}]suen#-[sze-mi]
2. [dumu] isz-me-[{d}suen]
3. [ARAD] ri#-im#-[{d}a-nu-um]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 28.0 high × 28.0 wide × 20.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Semitica 56, p.35-64, no. 4

[Rositani2014RimAnum] Rositani, Annunziata. 2014. “More Rīm-Anum Texts from the Bīt Asīrī.” Semitica 56: 35–64.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 088681
Accession No.: 1901-02-09, 0398

Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Rim-Anum.02.01.29
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2017-11-27 at 01:12:38	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-25 at 02:32:25	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-25 at 02:28:27	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-24 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
CDLI Seals 004219 (composite) (P456929)	Uruk (mod. Warka)	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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“Semitica 56, 047, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P504420.

Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry (No. P504420). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504420 (Original work published 2017)

Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504420 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).

@misc{2023Semitica,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504420},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504420},
}

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“Semitica 56, 047, 04 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P504420.

Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry (No. P504420). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P504420 (Original work published 2017)

Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P504420 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).

@misc{2023Semitica,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P504420},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P504420},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P504420
LB  - CDLI:P504420
M1  - 2025/4/21/
TI  - Semitica 56, 047, 04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P504420
ER  -

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