Fs Walker 202-205 (P497877)

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 067323 + BM 079643

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2 kislah_
2. _ib2-tak4 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar e2 sza3 4(disz) sar e2_
3. sza# i-na ka-ni-ki-szu la-bi-ri _e2 zu2 {gesz}al_
4. sza#-at,-ru
5. i#-na _abul_ esz18-dar _sza3 iri{ki} gibil {d}utu e3-a_
6. _da# e2_ {munus}la-ma-as-sum2 _lukur_ {d}marduk
7. _dumu-munus_ i-tur2-as3-du
8. _a2-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ dingir-szu-ib-ni-szu _nimgir_
9. _sag-bi sila {gesz}kiri6_ {d}marduk
10. _egir-bi e2-us2-gid2-da hi-a_ sza ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud
11. i-tu-u2 la-bi-ru-tum
12. szi-ma-at gi-mil-{d}marduk _dumu_ ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud
13. sza _ki_ {munus}mu-na-wi-ir-tum _lukur_ {d}marduk
14. _dumu-munus_ gi#-mil-{d}er3-ra
15. sza i-na _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e {gesz}gu-za bara2 ku3-sig17 min-a-bi_
17. i-sza-mu# sza 1(disz) ka-ni-ki
18. sza _ki#?_ [x x] x x x _dumu#?_ gi#-mil#-lum#? x
about 3 lines broken
1'. _[ki?]_ {munus#}[la]-ma#-sa3#-ni _lukur#_ {d#}marduk# _dumu#-munus#_ i3#-li2#-[a-wi-lim-ra-bi]
2'. i-na _mu_ am-mi-di-ta#-na _lugal-e_ {d}urasz _ur-sag gal-la-asz_
4'. i-sza-mu sza 1(disz) ka-ni-ki
5'. ki-nu#-un-sza! s,a-al-lu _dumu_ u3 _dumu-munus_ la ir-szu-ma
6'. [a]-na! ut-la-tum u3 {d}na-na-a-ib-ni
7'. ah-hi-sza i-zi-bu
8'. {disz}ut-la-tum u3 {d}na-na-a-ib-ni ah-hu-sza
9'. _dumu-mesz_ i3-li2-a-wi-lim-ra-bi
10'. _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2-ta e2_ i-zu-zu-ma
11'. tup!-pa-at _ha-la_ usz-te!-zi-bu
12'. sza ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ a-wi-il-{d}na-bi-um
13'. _ki_ ut-la-tum _dumu_ i3-li2!-a-wi-lim-ra-bi
14'. [i]-na _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal-e asz-me didli-a {na4}du8-szi-a-ke4_
reverse
1. _2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 e2_ sza i-zu-zu
2. a-na _ku3-babbar_ i-sza-mu
3. sza 1(disz) ka-ni-ki
4. _da e2_ [dingir]-szu!-ba-ni _egir_ zimbir{ki}
5. _dumu_ i-bi-{d}sza-ha-an
6. _da-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma_ dingir-szu-ba-ni-ma
7. _sag-bi sila {gesz}kiri6_ {d}marduk
8. _egir-bi e2-us2-gid2-da hi-a_
9. sza {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am _dub-sar?_
10. i#-tu#-u2 esz-szu-tum
11. _e2_ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ a-wi-il#-{d}na-bi-um
12. _ki#_ ib#-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ a-wi#-[il-{d}na-bi-um]
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1'. [x] x x x [...]
2'. _in-na-an#-[la2]
3'. u3 _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar si-bi#_ [isz-ku-un]
4'. _u4 kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra inim nu#-[um-ga2-ga2-a]_
5'. _mu_ {d}marduk u3 sa-am-su-di#-[ta]-na# _lugal#_
6'. _in-pa3-de3-e-mesz_
single ruling
7'. _igi_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am ha-za-nu-um
8'. _igi_ {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am _di-ku5 dumu_ ri-isz-{d}na-bi-um
9'. _igi_ ip-qu2-{d}sza-la _di-ku5 dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-na-s,i-ir
10'. _igi_ ri-isz-{d}na-bi-um _dumu_ szu-mu-lib-szi!
11'. _igi_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni _dumu_ gi-mil-{d}marduk
12'. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-ma?-lik?
13'. _igi_ i-din-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ ku-ur-ru-s,u2
14'. _igi_ s,il2-li2-{d}marduk _dub-sar lugal-la_
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15'. _iti ab-e3 u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam_
16'. _mu_ sa-am-su-di-ta-na _lugal-e {d}utu en sag-kal an ki-a-ba-asz alan-a-ni zubi ku3-sig17-ga-ke4 szu! ba-an-ha-za-a e2-babbar-ra-sze3 in-na-ni-in-ku4-ra_
seal 1
1. {d}marduk be-lum ra-bu-u2
2. ra-i-im na-pi2-isz-tim#
3. s,a-bi-it qa2-ti
4. ib-ni-{d}marduk ARAD-szu
5. i-na qa2-ab!-li-im
6. mu-ba-li2-it, mi?-tim?
seal 2
1. {d}suen-i-qi2-sza#-[am]
2. dumu# na-bi-i3-li2-[szu]
3. ARAD# sa-am-su-di-ta#-[na]
seal 3
1. {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am
2. di-ku5
3. dumu ri-isz-{d}na-bi-um
4. ARAD sa-am-su-di-ta-na-ke4
seal 4
(uninscribed)
seal 5
(uninscribed)
seal 6
(uninscribed)
seal 7
(uninscribed)
seal 8
1. ku#-ur-ru-s,u2
2. [dumu] gi-mil-{d}marduk
3. ARAD# {d}suen
4. u3# {d}mar-tu
seal 9
1. s,il2-li2-{d}marduk
2. dub-sar lugal-la
3. dumu {d}suen-ma-an-szum2
4. ARAD sa-am-su-di-ta-na-ke4#
seal 10
1. ip-qu2-{d}sza-la#
2. di-ku5
3. dumu [{d}]na#-bi-um-na-s,i-ir
4. [...]

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Legal
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primary: Fs Walker p.201-214, p. 202-205

[Pientka-Hinz2002Kaufvertrag] Pientka-Hinz, Rosel. 2002. “Ein Spätbabylonischer Kaufvertrag Aus Babylon.” In Mining the Archives. Festschrift for Christopher Walker, edited by Cornelia Wunsch, 201–14. Babylonische Archive 1. Dresden: ISLET.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 067323 + BM 079643
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07319 + 1889-10-14, 0193

Provenience

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

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-08 at 10:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-07 at 19:53:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2019-05-01 at 07:38:23	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2019-05-01 at 07:37:09	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2016-02-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Frayne, Douglas R.		CDLI	approved

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“Fs Walker 202-205 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P497877.

Fs Walker 202-205 artifact entry (No. P497877). (2024, December 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P497877 (Original work published 2016)

Fs Walker 202-205 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P497877 (Accessed: April 5, 2025).

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