CT 48, 045 (P366241)

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 078662

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

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tablet
obverse
1. _[n]+1(u) 4(disz) gin2# [ku3-babbar]_
2. sza pa-ar-s,i sza# an#-[nu-ni]-tum#
  Read perhaps at the end: sza# ru#-[u2]-tum# (based upon CT 45, 084 obv. 1)
3. ha-ri-mu-tum re-du-tum
4. _za-ha-da zabar {na4}kiszib3_
5. sza {munus}il-ta-ni _dam_ ARAD2-{d#}amar#-utu# _dumu#_ ib#-ni#-{d#}amar#-utu#
6. u3 mu-ba-ab-bi-lu-tim
7. sza ARAD2-{d}amar-utu _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}amar-utu
8. qa2-du ne-in-da-ab-bi-szu-nu
9. sza hu-za-lum _dumu_ {d}inanna-ma-an-szum2
10. u2-sze-pi2-szu-szu-nu-ti
11. a-na da-ba-ab ib-ba-asz-szu
reverse
1. {disz}hu-za-lum _dumu_ {d}inanna-ma-an-szum2
2. a-na {d}amar-utu-mu-ba-li2-it,
3. _gala-mah_ an-nu-ni-tum
4. qa2-tam i-na-as-sa3-ah
  single ruling
5. [_igi_] ARAD2#-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum _dumu_ sig-an-[nu]-ni-[tum]
6. [_igi_ {d}]na#-bi-um-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
7. [_igi_ ARAD2?]-{d#}ul-masz-szi#-tum
8. [_dumu?_ ...] IB# sza# [...]
9. [_igi_ ...] x [...]
10. [...]
11. [_iti gu4]-si#?-[sa2 u4 n-kam]_
12. _mu# [sa]-am#-su#-[di-ta-na] _lugal#-[e] {d}utu {d}iszkur-bi# sag#-[ba an-sze3] ib2-ta-an-[il2-esz-a]_
seal 1
1. [ARAD-{d}]ul-masz-szi-[tum]
2. [dumu] ip#-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum#
3. ARAD {d}x-[...]
seal 2
1. {d}na-bi-um-na-[s,i-ir]
2. dumu nu-ur2-a-li#-[szu]
3. ARAD {d}EN-[x]
seal 3
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ ARAD2-{d}ul-masz-szi-tum

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 48, 45

    [Finkelstein1968CT48] Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1968. Old-Babylonian Legal Documents. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 48. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

    Agreement involving cultic office (parsu), relating to the status of harlotry (harimiitum), and the manufacture of a votive bronze battle-axe (za.ha.da zabar).

  • history: AfO 25 (pp. 72-83), 78

    [Kümmel1974/77AfO25] Kümmel, Hans M. 1974/77. “Ein Fall von Sklavenhehlerei.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 25: 72–83.

  • history: Gallery, OrNS 49 (1980) 334

    [sec96995] N.d.

  • history: Fs Sasson p.283-289, p. 283

    [Stol2020offerings] Stol, Marten. 2020. “Old Babylonian Bread Offerings.” In From Mari to Jerusalem and Back. Assyriological and Biblical Studies in Honor of Jack Murad Sasson, edited by Annalisa Azzoni, Alexandra Kleinerman, Douglas A. Knight, and David I. Owen, 283–89. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: JESHO 41, p.312-343, p. 330-331

    [Yoffee1998ritual] Yoffee, Norman. 1998. “The Economics of Ritual at Late Old Babylonian Kish.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 41: 312–43.

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  • Museum No.: BM 078662
  • Accession No.: 1888-05-12 Bu, 0573

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 18:22:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-07-18 at 11:40:01 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2007-03-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 48, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P366241.
CT 48, 045 artifact entry (No. P366241). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P366241 (Original work published 2007)
CT 48, 045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P366241 (Accessed: July 16, 2025).
@misc{2024CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {CT 48, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P366241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P366241},
}


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