BE 06/1, 032 (P257652)

Letter 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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00087

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; three seals; 5x2x4x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(asz) sila3 i3-gisz_
 ts: šalāšat qa šamnum
 en: 3 qu of oil
2. _szu-ti-a_
 ts: namḫarti
 en: received by
3. {disz}a-li2-ta-li-mi
 ts: ali-talīmī
 en: Ali-talīmī
4. _ki_ li-sze-er-_ud-kib-nun{ki}_
 ts: itti līšer-sippar
 en: from Līšer-sippar.
5. i-na a-la-ki-ka
 ts: ina alākika
 en: When you come,
6. _ku3-babbar_ lu-usz-qu2-la-ku
 ts: kaspam lušqula(k)ku
 en: I shall pay you the silver;
reverse
1. la ta-ka-la
 ts: lā taka(l)la
 en: immediately (lit. do not hold (it) back),
2. _gir3_ uq-ni-AN?-tum
 ts: sēp uqnī(an)tum
 en: route to Uqnī(an)tum.
3. _iti_ ki-nu-nu _u4 1(u)-kam_
 ts: waraḫ kinūm ešret ūmum
 en: The month of Kinum, the day 10
4. _mu sahar zimbir{ki}_
 ts: šanat eper sipparim
 en: (of) the year "The earth of Sippar
5. isz-sza-ap-ku
 ts: iššapku
 en: was heaped up".
seal
1. al-ta-li-mi
2. _dumu_ bur-_{d}iszkur_

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Letter; three seals; 5x2x4x2 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P257652

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 00087
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 452512
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.87

References

  • primary: BE 6/1, 32

    [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: AbB 11, 37

    [Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

  • history: PBS 7, 37

    [Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-07-06 at 09:40:06 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-24 at 06:34:07 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 032 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257652.
BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry (No. P257652). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257652 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257652 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257652},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 032 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257652.
BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry (No. P257652). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257652 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257652 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257652},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257652
LB  - CDLI:P257652
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - BE 06/1, 032 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257652
ER  -
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