AbB 02, 045 (P507628)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012868

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (legal letter from Sin-idinnam to a legal official)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na ra-bi-a-an _iri_ ku-ta-al-la{ki}
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um-ma {d}suen-i-din-nam-ma
5. be-el a-wa-ti-szu sza {disz}na-wi-ir-tum
7. a-na s,e-ri-ia
8. t,u2-ur-dam
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reverse
  blank space

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Letter (legal letter from Sin-idinnam to a legal official)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: AbB 2, 45

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

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 141

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: LIH 1, no. 47, pl. 81,

    [sec137323] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012868
  • Accession No.: 1896-03-26, 0060

  • Provenience: Kutalla (mod. Tell Sifr)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-06-26 at 07:17:57 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-12-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AbB 02, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507628.
AbB 02, 045 artifact entry (No. P507628). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507628 (Original work published 2017)
AbB 02, 045 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507628 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {AbB 02, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507628},
}


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