BE 06/1, 091 (P258177)

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 00723

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract. With seal impressions in fine state of preservation. 8x2x6 UE 2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
 en: 6 shekels of silver
2. _sa10 1(asz) gu2 siki e2_ {d}utu
 en: (is) the price for 1 talent of wool of the Šamaš temple
3. sza i-na _mu sipa ni2-tuku sze-ga_
 en: which in the year "The pious and obedient shepherd"
4. im-hu-ru-ma
 en: (Šamaš-nāṣir) had received and (then)
5. i-na _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu gibil egir# mu nam-a2#-gal2 {d#}marduk-ke4
 en: in the year of Ammi-ditana, the king, the new year after the year "the power of Marduk",
6. {disz}{d}iszkur-la-ma-sa3-[szu] x
 en: Adad-lama(s)sašu ...
7. u2-sza-ad-di-nu-ma
 en: collected (lit. made him hand over) and
8. a-na _e2_ {d}utu
 en: into the Šamaš temple
9. u2-sze-ri-bu
 en: brought.
reverse
1. _mu-kux(DU)_
 en: Delivered by
2. {disz}{d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
 en: Šamaš-nāṣir, son of Sîn-imgurrani;
3. nam-ha-ar-ti
 en: received by
4. {disz}ARAD-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_
 en: Warad-ilišu, the judge.
  blank space
5. _iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_
 en: The intercalary month of Addarum, the day 30
6. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e mu gibil egir mu nam!-a2!-gal2-la_ {d}marduk
 en: (of) the year of Ammi-ditana, the king, the new year after the year "The power of Marduk".
seal 1
  (uninscribed)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract. With seal impressions in fine state of preservation. 8x2x6 UE 2 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: BE 6/1, 91

    [Ranke1906BE6/1] Ranke, Hermann. 1906. Babylonian Legal and Business Documents from the Time of the First Dynasty of Babylon, Chiefly from Sippar. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts 6/1. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology.

  • history: JA 270, p.25-65, p. 51

    [Charpin1982marchands] Charpin, Dominique. 1982. “Marchands Du Palais et Marchands Du Temple à La Fin de La Ire Dynastie de Babylone.” Journal Asiatique 270: 25–65.

  • history: HG 3, no. 110

    [Kohler1909HG3] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1909. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band III: Übersetzte Urkunden, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Horsnell, Malcolm, J. A., Year-Names 2 (1999) 277 (citation year name),

    [sec47501] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00723
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2020-07-06 at 09:35:12 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Guidi, Carlo CDLI approved View
2018-08-01 at 02:38:23 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
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 View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 06/1, 091 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258177.
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (No. P258177). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258177 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258177 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258177},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P258177},
}


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