BAP 004 (P512326)

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 092547

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. _3(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz)! 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz {gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
  tablet has 4(disz) written in an unusual way, but 6(disz) is presupposed by line 2
2. _ku3-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
3. a-na _sa10 sag-ARAD2-mesz_ gu-ti-i{ki}
4. nam-ru-tim
5. _ki_ u2-tul2-esz18-dar a-bi _erin2-mesz_
6. a-na qa2-be2-e lu2-{d}iszkur-ra
7. _dumu_ i3-li2-u2-sa-ti
8. {disz}ARAD2-{d}marduk _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}marduk
9. _szu ba-an-ti_
10. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam sag-ARAD2-mesz_ gu-ti-i*{ki*}
  coll. Frans van Koppen
11. nam-ru-tim
12. u2-ub-ba-lam a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
13. u2-ul u-ub-ba-lam-ma
14. _1/3(disz) ma-na 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
reverse
1. {disz}lu2-{d}iszkur-ra _dumu_ i3-li2-u2-sa-ti
2. a-na na-asz ka-ni-ki-szu
3. _i3-la2-e_
  single ruling
4. _igi_ dingir-szu-ib-ni _dumu_ {d}suen-e-ri-ba-am
5. _igi_ i-ku-na _dumu_ ip-qu2-sza
  i-ku*-na (coll. Frans van Koppen)
6. _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
7. _igi_ ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ ta-ri-bu-um
  single ruling
8. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 6(disz)-kam_
9. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e sipa zi sze-ga {d}utu {d}marduk-bi-da-ke4_
seal 1
1. {d}[...]
2. {d}a-a
  (caption written beside seal impression:)
3. _kiszib3_ lu2-{d}iszkur-ra
seal 2
1. dingir-szu-ib-[ni]
2. dumu# {d}suen-i-ri#-[ba-am]
3. ARAD {d}x-[...]
seal 3
  (uninscribed)
1. _kiszib3_ be-el-szu-nu
seal 4
  (uninscribed)
1. _kiszib3_ i-ku-na
  coll. Frans van Koppen
seal 5
  (uninscribed)
1. _kiszib3_ ip-qa2-tum
  coll. Frans van Koppen

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: BAP, 4

    [Meissner1893BAP] Meissner, Bruno. 1893. Beiträge Zum Altbabylonischen Privatrecht. Assyriologische Bibliothek 11. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: JA 270, p.25-65, p. 48

    [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: Tradition und Neubeginn II, no. 283

    [Colbow2002Tradition] Colbow, Gudrun. 2002. Tradition Und Neubeginn. Eine Ausführliche Bearbeitung Der Spätbabylonischen Abrollungen Aus Sippar Und Ihres Beitrags Zur Glyptik Der Kassiten. Band 2. Katalog Und Abbildungen. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

    (seals)


  • history: Stol, Marten, Fs Dietrich (2002) 748-750,

    [sec137906] N.d.

  • history: BiMes 5, p. 49 n. 74

    [Yoffee1977crown] Yoffee, Norman. 1977. The Economic Role of the Crown in the Old Babylonian Period. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 5. Malibu: Undena.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 092547
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0215

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-09-19 at 08:15:25 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-09-07 at 23:57:11 Jagersma, Bram Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-09-07 at 11:36:17 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“BAP 004 Artifact Entry.” 2018. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 24, 2018. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512326.
BAP 004 artifact entry (No. P512326). (2018, August 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512326
BAP 004 artifact entry (2018) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512326 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2018},
	month = {aug 24},
	title = {BAP 004 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512326},
}

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