Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 (P508656)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 051741

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

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tablet
obverse
1. _2(asz) gur sze sza dumu-mesz_ bu-di-im
2. _ki_ szum-ma-el2 _dumu_ na-ra-am-i3-<li2>-szu
3. {disz}in-bi-esz18-dar
4. _dumu_ lu2-{d}nin-si4-an-na
5. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. a-na masz-kan2-nim
2. _sze_-am _i3-ag2-e_
3. _igi_ il3-szu-pu-la
4. {disz}in-ni-{d}tiszpak
5. u3 {d}nanna-tum
left
1. _mu {gesz}mar-gid2-da ku3-sig17_

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Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Sumer 34 (pp. 130-138), 134 IM 51741

[Sulaiman1978Sumer34] Sulaiman, Amer. 1978. “Harvest Documents and Loan Contracts from the Old Babylonian Period.” Sumer 34: 130–38.
history: Sumer 05 (pp. 34-86), 70 (year-name only)

[Baqir1949Sumer5/1] Baqir, Taha. 1949. “Date-Formulae and Date-Lists.” Sumer 5 (1): 34–86.
history: Hussein diss., . p. 074 (year-name only)

[Hussein2009diss] Hussein, Laith. 2009. “Tell Harmal Die Texte Aus Dem Hauptverwaltungsgebäude „Serai“.” Phdthesis, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
history: Turan 2, p. 569f (year-name only)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 051741
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Provenience

Provenience: Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibal-pi-el2.11.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-16 at 15:13:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-20 at 14:37:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-20 at 14:34:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2018-05-19 at 15:39:29	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2018-05-12 at 21:01:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2018-02-26 at 02:02:16	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved
2018-02-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P508656.

Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 artifact entry (No. P508656). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P508656 (Original work published 2018)

Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P508656 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P508656.

Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 artifact entry (No. P508656). (2024, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P508656 (Original work published 2018)

Sumer 34, 134 IM 51741 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P508656 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {Sumer 34, 134 {IM} 51741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P508656},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P508656},
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