CUSAS 20, 039 (P324919)

Letter tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

CUNES 50-04-040

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (letter of Lugal-a-mu to the prefect of the palace (szabra-e2))

Language(s)

-

Measurements

33.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. szabra# e2
2. na-be2-a
3. lugal#-a-mu
4. [u3]-na-du11
5. x-ru#-a
6. x-AB#-x
  rest broken
reverse
1. [...] x [...]
2. x-la#-bi
3. szu# he3-em-us2-e

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 33.0 high × 37.0 wide × 15.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    unsealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Letter (letter of Lugal-a-mu to the prefect of the palace (szabra-e2))
  • Language(s):


  • primary: CUSAS 20, 39

    [Pomponio2015CUSAS20] Pomponio, Francesco, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2015. Middle Sargonic Tablets Chiefly from Adab in the Cornell University Collections. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 20. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    letter order


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CUNES 50-04-040
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
  • Period Comments:

    Middle Sargonic

  • Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-01-07 at 13:49:14 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CUSAS 20, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324919.
CUSAS 20, 039 artifact entry (No. P324919). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324919 (Original work published 2006)
CUSAS 20, 039 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P324919 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	month = {oct 1},
	title = {CUSAS 20, 039 artifact entry},
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}

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