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

Has seal impression(s)

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 28.0 high × 28.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • primary: Semitica 56, p.35-64, no. 4

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

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“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: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	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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