OB Legal 056 (P258637)
Legal 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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 01304Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Obligation to deliver dates?; yield of the garden; 3x2x4x2x1 lines; 3.1x2.8x1.6 cm.)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. _2(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum_
2. _gu2-un {gesz}kiri6_
3. {disz}a-na-tum
4. a-na mi-ir-si-ia
reverse
1. _dumu-munus_ {d}i-szum-ba-ni
2. _i3-ag2-e_
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}utu
4. _igi_ a-a
5. _iti kin-{d}inanna_
6. _u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam_
left
1. _mu ki-lugal-gub_
seal 1
illegible
obverse
1. _2(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum_
2. _gu2-un {gesz}kiri6_
3. {disz}a-na-tum
4. a-na mi-ir-si-ia
reverse
1. _dumu-munus_ {d}i-szum-ba-ni
2. _i3-ag2-e_
single ruling
3. _igi_ {d}utu
4. _igi_ a-a
5. _iti kin-{d}inanna_
6. _u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam_
left
1. _mu ki-lugal-gub_
seal 1
illegible
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: OLA 21, 56
[vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.
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- Museum No.: CBS 01304
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- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.08.06.17
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2021-06-03 at 12:30:56 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (577342) (577342)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.1304) (CBS.1304)
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 056 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258637.
OB Legal 056 artifact entry (No. P258637). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258637 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 056 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258637 (Accessed: July 29, 2025).
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