StLouis 238 (P509304)

Legal tablet dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Museum Number

PB 26

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _4(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
2. [_masz2_ {d}]utu u2-s,a-ab
3. _ki_ {d}mar-tu-na-s,ir
4. x ra x nu
5. _[szu ba]-an-ti_
reverse
1. [a-na] _masz-kan2_-nim
2. _ku3-babbar_ u3 _masz2-bi_
3. _i3-la2-e_
4. _igi is,-ru-pa-an-ni
5. _dumu_ {d}suen-re-me-ni
6. {disz}na-x-x
7. _dumu_ u2-qa2-dingir
8. {disz}ip-qu2-sza _dumu_ {d}en-ki x lu
9. u3 ka-ra x x x x
10. _mu alan szud3-de3 ku3-sig17_

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
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced	Ibal-pi-el2.07.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P509304
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P509304

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Museum Number	PB 26
Accession Number

References

primary: StLouis, 238

[Freedman1975StLouis] Freedman, R. David. 1975. “The Cuneiform Tablets in St. Louis.” Phdthesis.
history: Turan 2, 515 (year-name only)

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-27 at 18:55:52	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, CDLI	Approved
2018-05-12 at 21:01:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2018-04-14 at 09:00:33	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2018-04-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“StLouis 238 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509304.

StLouis 238 artifact entry (No. P509304). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509304 (Original work published 2018)

StLouis 238 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509304 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {StLouis 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509304},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“StLouis 238 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P509304.

StLouis 238 artifact entry (No. P509304). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P509304 (Original work published 2018)

StLouis 238 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P509304 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

@misc{2024StLouis,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {StLouis 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P509304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P509304},
}

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DA  - 2024/5/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P509304
LB  - CDLI:P509304
M1  - 2026/10/10/
TI  - StLouis 238 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P509304
ER  -