BDHP 55 (P510431)

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 080501

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)

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ i-na ta-wi-ra-tim
2. i-ta _a-sza3_ e-tel-pi4-sin
3. u3 i-ta _a-sza3_ ga-la-bi-im
4. _ki_ er-s,e-ti-ia
5. _dumu_ ra-ba-ba-nu-um
6. {disz}ak-sza-ia _dumu_ sin-re-me-ni
7. _in-szi-in-[sa10]_
8. _sa10 [til-la-bi-sze3]_
9. _ku3-babbar_ [...]
10. x [...]
11. _inim-bi [al-til]_
12. _sza3-[ga-ni i3-du10]_
reverse
1. _u4 kur2-[sze3 lu2 lu2-ra]_
2. _inim nu-um#-[ga2-ga2-a]_
3. _mu_ {d}x [...]
4. {disz}a-pil-[sin _lugal_]
5. u3 {iri}zimbir{ki} it-mu#-[u2]
6. _igi_ ir3-ra-na-da _dumu_ na-ka-rum
7. _igi_ akszak{ki}-na-s,ir _dumu_ sin-dingir
8. _igi_ e-tel-pi4-sin _dumu_ da-PI-an-nim
9. _igi_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu _sanga_ {d!}i-ku-nu-um
10. _igi_ sin-dingir _dumu_ pu-um-ra-bi
11. _igi_ na-ra-m-i3-li2-szu
12. _igi_ u3 a-bi-ia-tum
13. _igi_ nu-ur2-e2-a

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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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):


  • primary: BDHP, 55

    [Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1598

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 080501
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0639

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2021-05-30 at 14:54:23 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2018-06-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BDHP 55 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510431.
BDHP 55 artifact entry (No. P510431). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510431 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 55 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510431 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 55 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510431},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510431},
}

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