Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 (P507818)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 063251/1

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze ku3-babbar_
2. _masz2_ {d}utu u2-s,a-ab
3. _ki_ ri-isz-{d}utu
4. _dumu_ {d}sud-illat-ti
5. {disz}in-bi#-[esz18-dar]
6. _dumu_ lu2-{d}nin#-[si4-an-na]
7. a-na masz-kan2-nim
reverse
1. _ku3-babbar u3 masz2-bi_
2. _i3-la2-e_
3. _igi_ ka-ba-rum
4. {disz}a-li2-ba-ni-szu
5. {disz}tu-<ub>-ma-gir
6. _mu_ da-an-na-am-ta-ha-az
envelope
(only year-name given)

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced	Dannum-tahaz.01.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P507818
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P507818

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 063251/1
Accession Number

References

primary: Sumer 34 (pp. 130-138), 135 IM 63251/1

[Sulaiman1978Sumer34] Sulaiman, Amer. 1978. “Harvest Documents and Loan Contracts from the Old Babylonian Period.” Sumer 34: 130–38.
history: JCS 37 (pp.61-85), 080 (year-name only)

[deJongEllis1985JCS37] DeJong Ellis, Maria. 1985. “Notes on the Chronology of the Later Ešnunna Dynasty.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 37 (1): 61–85. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359959.
history: Hussein diss., . p. 065 (year-name only)

[Hussein2009diss] Hussein, Laith. 2009. “Tell Harmal Die Texte Aus Dem Hauptverwaltungsgebäude „Serai“.” Phdthesis, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
history: Turan 2, p. 409

[Saporetti2013] Saporetti, Claudio, and Marco Repiccioli. 2013. Formule Dalla Diyāla Nel Periodo Paleobabilonese. Turan 2.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-18 at 13:14:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-13 at 18:36:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-12 at 18:16:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-01 at 18:51:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-11-26 at 11:52:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-12 at 21:01:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2018-02-16 at 11:36:29	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2018-01-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P507818.

Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 artifact entry (No. P507818). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507818 (Original work published 2018)

Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507818 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Sumer 34, 135 {IM} 63251/1  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507818},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P507818.

Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 artifact entry (No. P507818). (2024, June 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507818 (Original work published 2018)

Sumer 34, 135 IM 63251/1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507818 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

@misc{2024Sumer,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 18},
	title = {Sumer 34, 135 {IM} 63251/1  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507818},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507818},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/24/
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