BE 06/1, 040 (P258499)

Receipt 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 01165

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Receipt (receipt Memorandum. Seal impressions of two lions attacking a gazelle. 8x1x4 UE 1 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) {gesz}mar uruda_
 ts: išten marrum ša erîm
 en: 1 bronze spade,
2. _2(disz) {gesz}mar-HI_
  Foldi reads: -ha2, contra photo
 ts: šinā marrū
 en: 2 spades,
3. _2(disz) {gesz}u3-szub sig4 al-ur3-ra_
 ts: šittā nalbanātum ša agurrim
 en: 2 molds for (kiln-fired) bricks,
4. 2(disz) {gesz}me-sze-qum
 ts: šinā mesēqū
 en: 2 strickles,
5. _1(u) {gi}dupsik-hi-a_
 ts: ešret tupšikkū
 en: 10 hods
6. _nig2-szu_ ip-qa2-tum _dumu_ pa-hal-li-im
 ts: ša qāti ša ipqatum mār paḫallim
 en: are the possessions (lit. in the hands) of Ipqatum son of Paḫallum
7. {disz}{d}iszkur-ma-an-szum
 ts: adad-manšum
 en: (that) Adad-manšum
8. _dumu_ e-te-ia-tum
 ts: mār eteyatum
 en: son of Eteyatum
reverse
1. ma#-hi-ir
 ts: maḫir
 en: has received;
2. _e2-gal_ i-pa-al
 ts: ekallam i(p)pal
 en: he will settle the palace.
3. _iti sig4-a u4 5(disz)-kam_
 ts: waraḫ simānim ūmam ḫamšat
 en: The month of Simānum, the day 5
4. _mu bad3 kar-{d}utu_ u3 ra#-pi2-qum
 ts: šanat dūr kār-šamaš u rapiqum
 en: the year: “The walls of Kār-šamaš and Rapiqum”.
  (1 or 2 uninscribed seals)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative > Receipt (receipt Memorandum. Seal impressions of two lions attacking a gazelle. 8x1x4 UE 1 lines)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P258499

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 01165
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 354496
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.1165

References

  • primary: BE 6/1, 40

    [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: Földi, diss., 67

    [Földi2009diss] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Phdthesis. Phdthesis.

  • history: Ribatum, p. 67

    [Földi2009Ribatum] Földi, Zsombor J. 2009. Ribatum. The Archive of a Priestess from Old Babylonian Sippar.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-09 at 15:33:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 08:08:18 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A. Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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
2022-07-14 at 14:06:34 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2022-01-03 at 18:22:59 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258499.
BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry (No. P258499). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258499 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258499 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258499},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258499},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 040 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P258499.
BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry (No. P258499). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258499 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258499 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {BE 06/1, 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258499},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258499},
}


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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P258499
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