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MDP 28, 422 (P524489)

Legal tablet excavated in Susa (mod. Shush), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum, Tehran, Iran

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Museum Number

NMI BK — ?

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Susa (mod. Shush)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. sza3# [...]
2'. _ki_ x-[...]
3'. {d}mar-tu-[...]
4'. u3 {d}suen-a-[gi]
5'. u3 a-i-bu-usz#
6'. puzur2-ma-za-at#
7'. _szu ba-an-ti_
8'. a-na szi2-im [ga-mi-ir]
9'. a-na da-ri-tim
reverse
1. i-sza-am
2. _igi_ a-ta-HAR-i3-li2
3. _igi_ ta-tu-u3-a
4. _igi_ gi-ia-a
5. _igi_ nu-ri-ri
6. _igi_ nu-ri-i
7. _igi_ e-te-el#-[...]
8. _mu_ x#-[...]
rest broken
left
1. _1(u) ma-na ku3-<babbar> i3-la2-[e]_

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: MDP 28, 422

[Scheil1939MDP28] Scheil, Vincent. 1939. Mélanges Épigraphiques. Mémoires de La Mission Archéologique de Perse 28. Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux.
history: Die Altbabylonischen Kaufurkunden aus Susa, no. 4

[JalilvandSadafi2014] Jalilvand Sadafi, Sheyda. 2014. “Die Altbabylonischen Kaufurkunden Aus Susa.”

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NMI BK — ?
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Susa (mod. Shush)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-20 at 14:55:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2021-09-17 at 14:47:43	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	approved
2021-09-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“MDP 28, 422 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P524489.

MDP 28, 422 artifact entry (No. P524489). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524489 (Original work published 2021)

MDP 28, 422 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524489 (Accessed: January 7, 2026).

@misc{2024MDP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {MDP 28, 422 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524489},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P524489
LB  - CDLI:P524489
M1  - 2026/1/7/
TI  - MDP 28, 422 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524489
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MDP 28, 422 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P524489.

MDP 28, 422 artifact entry (No. P524489). (2024, June 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524489 (Original work published 2021)

MDP 28, 422 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524489 (Accessed: January 7, 2026).

@misc{2024MDP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 20},
	title = {MDP 28, 422 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524489},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P524489
LB  - CDLI:P524489
M1  - 2026/1/7/
TI  - MDP 28, 422 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524489
ER  -