CT 45, 011 (P285697)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092610

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. _ibila#_ hu#-su#-[tum ...]
2'. _dumu-munus_ qa2-ra-su-mu-ia _lukur {d}utu_
3'. {disz}e-ri-isz-tum _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu <re-di-it wa-ar-ka-ti-sza>
4'. _1/2(disz) sar e2 du3-a_
5'. i-na ga-gi-im
6'. i-ta nig2-{d}utu
7'. _dumu-munus_ ur-{d}ne-su-na
8'. u3 i-ta ar-wi-tum
9'. _dumu-munus_ i3-li2-ba-ni
10'. u3 bu-szu-sza
11'. sza ga-gi-im
12'. ma-la ba-szu-u2
13'. sza e-ri-isz-tum-ma
14'. mi-im-ma an-ni-im
15'. hu-szu-tum um-ma-sza
16'. a-na e-ri-isz-tum
17'. _dumu-munus_ ARAD-{d}utu
18'. ma-ar-ti-sza _lukur_ {d}utu
19'. i-di-in
reverse
1. {disz}sin-ma-gi-ir _szesz-a-ni_
2. a-pil e-ri-isz-tum
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
4. u3 _mu_ a-pil-sin it-ma
5. sza pi4 _dub_ an-ni-im u2-na-ka-ru#
6. _1(asz) 1(barig) gur sze-ba 6(disz) sila3 i3-ba_
7. _6(disz) ma-na siki-ba_
8. _6(disz)_ i-si-ni _1(disz)_ ninda 3(disz) uzu_ i-na-di-in
9. u3 a-di hu-szu-tum ba-al-t,a3-at
10. e-ri-isz-tum ma-ra-sa3
11. i-pa-la-ah-szi
12. u3 sza pi4 _dub_ an-ni-im
13. [a-di] ba#-al-t,a3-at
14. [ma-ra]-sa3 a-na hu-sza-tum i-na mu-ru
15. [...] x-na-di-szi-im
16. [_igi_ ...]-x _sanga igi_ sza-mu-uh2-sin _sanga_
17. [_igi_ {d}iszkur]-re-me-ni
18. [_igi_ {d}nin]-szubur#-ma-an-szum2 _ugula lukur {d}utu_
19. [_igi_ ...-i3]-li2-szu _dumu_ isz-me-sin
20. [_igi_ ...] ma#-ia-tum
21. [_igi_ ...] x pa
left
1. [_igi_ ...]-x-ba-tum _dumu-munus_ bur-sin _igi_ {d}a-a-SA-KA _dumu-munus_ ha-an-ha-nu
2. [_igi_ ...]-ba#-tum _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-er3-ra _igi_ geme2-{d}utu _munus-dub-sar_
3. [_mu ...] bad3#_ ka-ar-{d}utu sza a-ah i-di-iq-la-at a-pil-sin _ba-du3_
right
1. _igi_ a-li2-a-bu-sza
2. _dumu-munus_ qa2-ra-su-mu-ia
3. _igi_ ku-mu-s,i2-li

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 45, 11

    [Pinches1964CT45] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1964. Old-Babylonian Business Documents. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 45. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.59-117, p. 109-111

    [Stol1998elderly] Stol, Marten. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 59–117. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

  • history: Suurmeijer diss., App. p. 160-161

    [Suurmeijer2014property] Suurmeijer, Guido. 2014. “Property Transfer within the Family in Old Babylonian Sippar.” Phdthesis, Gent: Universiteit Gent.

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  • Museum No.: BM 092610
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0275

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-08-19 at 21:24:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 45, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697.
CT 45, 011 artifact entry (No. P285697). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697 (Original work published 2006)
CT 45, 011 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 45, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P285697},
}

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