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MDP 28, 425 (P524491)

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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Text / annotations

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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
1. pu-zu-zu u3 ib-ni-er3-ra
2. at-hu-u3 i-na _nig2-gur11_
3. sza3 pu-zu-zu ib-ni-er3-ra
4. i-s,a-am u3 ma#-da#-am
5. i-ra-szi2 i-na _nig2-gur11_
6. sza3 ib-ni-er3-ra
7. pu-zu-zu i-s,a-am u3 ma-da-am
8. i#-ra-szi2 pu-zu-zu
9. _[nig2]-gur11# ku3-babbar_ li-ir-szi-ma
Following Scheil's [buš]am, Badamchi reads GÁL instead of GUR11 and this also fits the traces. CAD Z 80a reads makkūram.
10. [ib]-ni-er3-ra i-za-as-sum2#
11. [ib-ni]-er3-ra _nig2-gur11 ku3-babbar_
reverse
1. li#-ir-szi2-ma pu-zu-zu
2. i-za-as-sum2
3. ah-ma-ha-am
4. i-qa-bi-ru _igi_ {d}|MUSZ3#.EREN#|
5. _igi_ {d}utu _igi_ {d}ne3-eri11-gal
6. _igi_ e-te-el-pi-sza
7. _1(u) gin2 ku3-<babbar>_ ib-ni-er3-ra
8. a-na pu-zu-zu _a-sza3_ a-szi2-mi
9. i-di-nu-ma at-hu-su2
10. i-ra-am pu-zu-zu
11. a-wi-lu-um a-na a-wi-li-[im]
12. u3-ul a-hi at-ta
13. i-qa-bu-ma _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_
14. _i3-la2-e_
left
1. [ri]-ta-szu u3 li-sza-szu i-na-ki-su2
2. [_mu_] szi2#-ir-uk-tu3-uh _in-pa3-da-mesz_

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

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, 425

[Scheil1939MDP28] Scheil, Vincent. 1939. Mélanges Épigraphiques. Mémoires de La Mission Archéologique de Perse 28. Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux.
history: Scheil, Vincent, Fs Koschaker (1939) 106-107

[sec136417] N.d.
history: Badamchi, Hossein, ZA 109 (2019) 152-153

[sec136900] N.d.

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	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2021-09-10 at 10:23:26	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, 425 Artifact Entry.” 2021. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2021. https://cdli.earth/P524491.

MDP 28, 425 artifact entry (No. P524491). (2021, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524491

MDP 28, 425 artifact entry (2021) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524491 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2021MDP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2021},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MDP 28, 425 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524491},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2021/9/2/
PY  - 2021
ID  - P524491
LB  - CDLI:P524491
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - MDP 28, 425 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524491
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“MDP 28, 425 Artifact Entry.” 2021. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2021. https://cdli.earth/P524491.

MDP 28, 425 artifact entry (No. P524491). (2021, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P524491

MDP 28, 425 artifact entry (2021) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P524491 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2021MDP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2021},
	month = {sep 2},
	title = {MDP 28, 425 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P524491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P524491},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2021/9/2/
PY  - 2021
ID  - P524491
LB  - CDLI:P524491
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - MDP 28, 425 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P524491
ER  -