OB Legal 004 (P257615)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00050

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (List of bread and beer distributed for cult of Annunitum; 25x2x20 lines)

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Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _nig2 gi6_ sza te-re-tim sza i-na e-re-eb il-tim
2. a-na _gudu4-mesz_ u3 e-ri-ib _e2_ an-nu-ni-tum in-na-ad-di-nu
3. sza sin-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu id-di-nu
single ruling
4. _ninda munus & ninda nita & kasz & mu-bi_
single ruling
5. & _5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & gala-mah_
6. & _5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & ugula nu-bar-mesz_
7. & _5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & nar sa-mesz_
8. & _5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & gala-mesz_
9. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & ARAD2-ku-bi _dumu_ ARAD2-{d}utu _muhaldim_
10. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & sig-i3-li2-szu#
11. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & dingir-szu-a-bu-szu
12. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & ARAD2-di-ia _dumu_ ip-qa2-tum
13. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & sza-mur-e-zi-is-sa3
14. _3(disz) sila3 & 2(disz) sila3_ & & a-wi-il-{d}iszkur
15. & & _1(disz) dug 3(ban2) 1(disz) dug 2(ban2)_ & e-ri-ib _e2_
16. & _1(ban2) & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2)_ & {d}utu-mu-ba-li2-it,
17. & _1(ban2) & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2)_ & gi-mil-{d}utu
18. & _1(ban2) & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2)_ & be-el-szu-nu
19. & _1(ban2) & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2)_ & ah-hi-sukkal
20. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & mu-tum-dingir
21. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & ni-id-nu-sza
22. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & ARAD2-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum _dumu_ ni-id-nu-sza
23. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & ku-ni-is-tum
24. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & ta-ri-bu-sza _dumu_ hu-za-lum
25. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & i-bi-{d}nin-szubur#
26. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & e-tel-pi4-sza _dumu_ be-[...]
27. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & ARAD2-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum _dumu_ i3-li2-isz#-me#-a-an-ni
reverse
1. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & ta-ri-bu-sza _dumu_ ni-id-nu#-[sza]
2. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & nu-ur2-{d}nin-si4-an-na
3. & & _1(disz) dug 3(ban2) 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & gudu4-mesz_
4. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & i-din-{d}iszkur _lu2-lunga_
5. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3 & szu-i_
6. _5(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug# 2(ban2)# & ugula erin2-mesz_
7. _5(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) dug 2(ban2) & zabar-dab5_
8. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & lu2-szi-nu
9. _2(ban2) & 2(ban2) & 4(ban2) & nu-kisal-luh-mesz_
10. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & ta-ri-bu-sza kar-tap-pu
11. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3_ & & a-hu-szi-na
12. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3 & lu2-szusz3_
13. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & i-ku-un-pi2-sza _dumu_ sig-i3-li2-szu
14. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & lu2-szitim_
15. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & szu-ub!-el
16. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 5(disz) sila3_ & ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ eri-sum2-ma-tum
17. _2(disz) sila3 & 1(disz) sila3 & 3(disz) sila3 & lu2-azlag2_ s,il2-li2
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18. _iti sig4-a u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
19. _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e {uruda}alan-a-ni masz2 kadra_

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Condition Description: lo. rt. cnr. chipped, ruled
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (List of bread and beer distributed for cult of Annunitum; 25x2x20 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: OLA 21, 4

[vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00050
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Abi-ešuḫ.28.03.25
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-06-01 at 07:46:02	Woestenburg, Els	Atf	Woestenburg, Els		CDLI	approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	approved

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Penn Museum (451582)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.50)

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“OB Legal 004 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257615.

OB Legal 004 artifact entry (No. P257615). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257615 (Original work published 2005)

OB Legal 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257615 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257615},
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