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CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 (P365938)

Letter tablet excavated in Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023823

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na li-pi2-it#-[esz18-dar]
2. u3 _lu2-[{d}ba-ba6]_
3. qi2-bi2-[ma]
4. um-ma a-hu-um-ma#
5. {disz}su-mu-a-bu-um
6. it-ti {disz}bu-ut-ta-tim
7. pu-uz-zu
8. u2-te-bi-ib
9. ma-ma-an
10. a-na sza-szi-im
11. a-sza-ti-szu
reverse
1. u3# ma-re-e-szu
2. ma-ma-an
3. la i-t,e4-he-e
4. a-na s,e-er umma{ki}
5. i-te#-er-ba#-am
6. ma-ma-an
7. la i-sza-gi#-isz#-[szu]
8. pu-uz#-[zu]
9. e-be2-[it]
10. a-na la# [sze-mi-ia]
left
1. a-sza-al-ku-nu-ut

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 29, 03, BM 023823

[King1910CT 29] King, Leonard W. 1910. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 29.
history: AbB 2, 122

[Frankena1966AbB2] Frankena, Rintje. 1966. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (LIH Und CT 2 - 33). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 2. Leiden: Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 023823
Accession No.: 1898-02-15, 0205

Provenience

Provenience: Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sumu-abum.00.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-12-10 at 12:34:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-12-10 at 04:34:03	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2017-11-14 at 03:15:09	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.23823)
The British Museum Collection (W_1898-0215-205)

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“CT 29, Pl. 03, BM 023823 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938.

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 artifact entry (No. P365938). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938 (Original work published 2007)

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 29, pl. 03, {BM} 023823 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938},
}

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ER  -

“CT 29, Pl. 03, BM 023823 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938.

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 artifact entry (No. P365938). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938 (Original work published 2007)

CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938 (Accessed: April 23, 2024).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {CT 29, pl. 03, {BM} 023823 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P365938
LB  - CDLI:P365938
M1  - 2024/4/23/
TI  - CT 29, pl. 03, BM 023823 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P365938
ER  -

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