Shemshara 1, 081 (P513968)

Letter tablet excavated in Susarra (mod. Tell Shemshara), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Museum Number

NMC —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Susarra (mod. Tell Shemshara)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 22.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P513968
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P513968

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	31.0 mm × 22.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience	Susarra (mod. Tell Shemshara)
Written In
Excavation Number	SH 854B
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum Number	NMC —
Accession Number

References

primary: Shemshara 1, 81

[Eidem2001Shemshara1] Eidem, Jesper, and Jørgen Læssøe. 2001. The Shemshara Archives 1. The Letters. Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter 23. Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. http://publ.royalacademy.dk/backend/web/uploads/2019-07-23/AFL%202/SH_23_00_00_2001_1791/SH_23_00_00_2001_1791.pdf.
history: Rattenborg Diss, p. 430-431

[Rattenborg2016Scale] Rattenborg, Rune. 2016. “The Scale and Extent of Political Economies of the Middle Bronze Age Jazīrah and the Bilād Al-Šām (c. 1800-1600 BCE).” Phdthesis, University of Durham. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11932/1/Rattenborg_Scale%26Extent_2016DEC24.pdf.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-18 at 08:33:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Johansson, Carolin; Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Nett, Seraina; Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2024-08-22 at 12:55:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2019-08-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Shemshara 1, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P513968.

Shemshara 1, 081 artifact entry (No. P513968). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P513968 (Original work published 2019)

Shemshara 1, 081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P513968 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Shemshara 1, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P513968.

Shemshara 1, 081 artifact entry (No. P513968). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P513968 (Original work published 2019)

Shemshara 1, 081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P513968 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P513968},
}

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