SCD 253 (P500470)

Legal tablet excavated in Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

Smith College 253

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _3(asz) sze gur sag_ isz8-tar2-dingir
2. 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) {d}suen-mu-sza-lim
3. 2(asz) sig-{d}sza-la
4. _2(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 7(disz) 1/2(disz) <sze> ku3-babbar_
5. sza sig-{d}sza-la
6. 1(asz) i3-li2-tu-ra-am
7. _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_
8. 4(barig) _sze_ sza li-isz-ta-szi-im-dingir
9. 1(asz) {d}suen-ra-hi-im-uri5{ki}
10. 1(asz) {d}suen-sza-mu-uh2
11. 1(barig) 4(ban2) iz-kur-{d}utu
12. 1(barig) ga-ma-al-{d}utu
  single ruling
13. ($ blank space $) _1(u) 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur_
14. ($ blank space $) _2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar_
15. hu-bu-ul-lum
16. sza pi-ir-hu-um
17. u3# {d}utu-mu-sze20-zi-ib
18. _dumu-mesz_ {d}|NE.GISZ|-i-din-nam
reverse
1. mi-it-ha-ri-isz a-hu ki#-[ma] a-hi
  Gordon, SCT (1952) p. 35 reads this line: mi-it-ha-ri-isz a-hu-u2!
2. _dam-gar3-mesz_ i-ip-pa-lu-u2
3. _igi_ lugal-inim-du10-ga
4. {disz}{d}suen-re-e _igi_ ap-lum
5. {disz}s,a-ab-rum {disz}{d}utu-a2-dah
6. {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}utu {disz}nu-ur2-{d}nin-szubur
7. {disz}{d}suen-a-sza-re-ed
8. {disz}li-[isz]-ta#-szi-im-dingir
9. _gudu4#-mesz_ sza {d}utu
10. _kiszib3 lu2 inim-ma-bi-mesz ib2-ra_
11. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_
12. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e alan szud3-de3 {d}lamma ku3-sig17 didli-bi#_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SCD 253,

    [Grant1918-222100] Grant, Elihu. 1918.

  • history: SCT, 43 & p. 34-35

    [Gordon1952SCT] Gordon, Cyrus H. 1952. Smith College Tablets, 110 Cuneiform Texts Selected from the College Collection. Smith College Studies in History 38. Northampton, Massachusetts: Department of History of Smith College.

  • history: Leemans, OB merchant, p. 39

    [Leemans1950merchant] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1950. The Old-Babylonian Merchant. Studia et Documenta Ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia, Volumen III. Leiden: E . J. Brill.

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  • Museum No.: Smith College 253
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  • Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-08-16 at 15:34:49 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-08-16 at 15:31:53 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-08-16 at 15:23:40 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-06-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SCD 253 Artifact Entry.” 2017. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2017. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500470.
SCD 253 artifact entry (No. P500470). (2017, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500470
SCD 253 artifact entry (2017) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500470 (Accessed: April 28, 2024).
@misc{2017SCD,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-28]},
	year = {2017},
	month = {jun 16},
	title = {SCD 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P500470},
}

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