OIP 104, 002 (P005987)

Account tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

WAM 41.0219; SM 1995.03.121 (cast)

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Account

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

66.0 mm × 66.0 mm × 23.0 mm

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column 1
1.a. 1(N50) , GAN2 GI6 SZAGAN EN~a DU HI@g~b ZATU759 |SILA3~bxDUG~a|
1.b. , AN EN~a SAR~c NUN~a

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Stone
  • Measurements (mm): 66.0 high × 66.0 wide × 23.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description: Rectangular, with two convex faces. Writing on one face.
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  • primary: OIP 104, 002

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

  • history: JAOS 22, p. 127

    [Barton1901JAOS22] Barton, George A. 1901. “Notes on an Archaic Inscription Published by Father Scheil.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 22: 126–28.

  • history: SRU, 106

    [Edzard1968SRU] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1968. Sumerische Rechtsurkunden Des III. Jahrtausends Aus Der Zeit Vor Der III. Dynastie von Ur. Abhandlungen. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Neue Folge, Heft 67. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

  • history: MDP 2, 130

    [Scheil1900MDP2] Scheil, Vincent. 1900. Textes Élamites-Sémitiques (1st Series). Mémoires de La Délégation En Perse 2.

  • history: RT 22 (pp. 149-161), 149

    [Scheil1900RT22] Scheil, Vincent. 1900. “Notes d’épigraphie et d’archéologie Assyriennes.” Recueil de Travaux Relatifs à La Philologie et à l’archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes 22: 149–61.

  • history: Barton Notes

    [sec2625] N.d.

  • history: LAK S. 73, no. 3

    [sec2626] N.d.

  • history: Scheil, Textes elamites-semitiques (MDP I)

    [sec2628] N.d.

  • history: Rev de Assyr XXIV (1927) p. 24

    [sec2630] N.d.

  • history: DeMorgan’s Le Prehistoire Orientale III (1927) p. 344, fig. 355

    [sec2631] N.d.

  • history: Bulletin of the WAG vols. 1 and 44

    [sec2632] N.d.

  • history: Claiborne’s (1974) The Birth of Writing p. 67

    [sec2633] N.d.

  • history: Delitzsch’s (1907) Mehr Licht: Die bedeutsamsten Ergebnisse der babylonisch-assyrischen Grabung

    [sec2634] N.d.

  • history: Driver’s (1948) Semitic Writing from Pictograph to Alphabet p. 40 fig. 16. see also OIP 104, p. 34

    [sec2635] N.d.

  • history: Panini’s Il Grande Libro delle Civilta (1983) Milano, p. 100

    [sec2636] N.d.

  • history: Thureau-Dangin (1927) Revue d’assyriologie 24

    [sec2637] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: WAM 41.0219; SM 1995.03.121 (cast)
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-30 at 16:09:35 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 07:33:13 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-19 at 15:01:07 Downton, Jessica Artifact Downton, Jessica Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:13:18 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005987.
OIP 104, 002 artifact entry (No. P005987). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005987 (Original work published 2001)
OIP 104, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005987 (Accessed: December 3, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005987},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005987.
OIP 104, 002 artifact entry (No. P005987). (2024, September 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005987 (Original work published 2001)
OIP 104, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005987 (Accessed: December 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 30},
	title = {OIP 104, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005987},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P005987
M1  - 2025/12/3/
TI  - OIP 104, 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005987
ER  -
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