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BM 097729 (P524024)

Legal tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 097729

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2(asz) sze gur_
2. _masz2 gi-na dah-e-dam_
3. _ki_ a-da-ia-tum
4. {disz}a-wi-il-{d}na-bi-um
5. _dumu_ bu-ra-tum
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
7. _u4 buru14-sze3_
reverse
1. _sze u3 masz2-bi_
2. _i3-ag2-e_
3. _igi_ szar-rum-{d}iszkur
4. _igi_ e-tel-pi4-{d}na-<bi-um>
blank space
5. _iti gan-gan-e3 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_
6. _mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 097729
Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0783

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.07.09.12
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2021-08-09 at 14:37:18	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2021-08-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1902-1011-783) (W_1902-1011-783)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 097729 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524024.

BM 097729 artifact entry (No. P524024). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524024 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097729 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524024 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097729 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524024},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524024},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524024
LB  - CDLI:P524024
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - BM 097729 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524024
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 097729 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524024.

BM 097729 artifact entry (No. P524024). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524024 (Original work published 2021)

BM 097729 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524024 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097729 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524024},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524024},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524024
LB  - CDLI:P524024
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - BM 097729 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524024
ER  -