BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 (P509172)

Legal tablet excavated in Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A— ?

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s) Annotation unreviewed

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    S999999 is a burgul seal

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: RIME 4, .05.06.2002, ex. 01 (seal only)

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: Reichel diss., 317 Seal legend no. 99 ; 339 Seal legend no. 169

    [Reichel2001diss] Reichel, Clemens. 2001. “Political Changes and Cultural Continuity at the Palace of the Rulers of in Eshnunna (Tell Asmar) from the Ur III Period to the Isin-Larsa Period (ca. 2070–1850 B.C).” Phdthesis.

    Reichel's seal no. 169 is a burgul seal.

  • history: BiMes 6 (pp. 67-74), 071 TA 1930 T0511

    [Whiting1977-BiMes6] “Sealing Practices on House and Land Sale Documents at Eshnunna in the Isin-Larsa Period.” 1977. In Seals and Sealing in the Ancient Near East, 6:67–74. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. Malibu: Undena Publications.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: OIM A— ?
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level: Ipiqadad I - Ibalpiel I
  • Excavation No: TA 1930 T0511
  • Findspot Square: O30:7 (hubb)
  • Findspot Comments:

    Palace of the Rulers

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-23 at 18:45:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-07 at 14:16:10 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-01 at 19:40:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-31 at 19:26:30 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-31 at 14:45:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-20 at 10:06:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-20 at 08:14:44 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-03-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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

    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006034 (composite) (P458744) Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) Azuzum.00.00.00
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509172.
BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry (No. P509172). (2024, October 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509172 (Original work published 2018)
BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509172 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 23},
	title = {BiMes 06, 071 {TA} 1930 {T0511} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509172},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P509172
LB  - CDLI:P509172
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509172
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509172.
BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry (No. P509172). (2024, October 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509172 (Original work published 2018)
BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509172 (Accessed: November 24, 2025).
@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 23},
	title = {BiMes 06, 071 {TA} 1930 {T0511} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509172},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P509172
LB  - CDLI:P509172
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - BiMes 06, 071 TA 1930 T0511 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509172
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.