BM 097745 (P524042)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 097745

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _2(asz) sze gur_
2. _masz2 gi-na dah-he-dam_
3. _ki_ a-da-ia-tum
4. {disz}[...] x x
5. _dumu#_ [a-wi]-il#-{d}iszkur
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. _u4 buru14#-[sze3]_
2. _sze u3# [masz2-bi]_
3. _i3-[ag2-e]_
4. _igi_ e#-tel#-pi4#-{d}na-bi-um
5. _igi_ szar-rum-{d}iszkur
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _ki_ a-da-[ia-tum]
2'. {disz}ni-x-[...]
  rest broken
seal 1
1. x [...]
2. x x [x] x [...]
3. x x x x [...]
5. [...] ARAD x [...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder Artifact type comments:

    Tablet covered by part of the envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    Tablet covered by part of the envelope


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 097745
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0799

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

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 097745 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524042.
BM 097745 artifact entry (No. P524042). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524042 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097745 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524042 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524042},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524042},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524042
LB  - CDLI:P524042
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - BM 097745 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524042
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 097745 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P524042.
BM 097745 artifact entry (No. P524042). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524042 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097745 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524042 (Accessed: December 31, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524042},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524042},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P524042
LB  - CDLI:P524042
M1  - 2025/12/31/
TI  - BM 097745 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524042
ER  - 
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