BDHP 28 (P510408)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080240

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_
2. _a-gar3_ ku-pa-at
3. _sza3_ er-s,e-et iri sza3-gu4*{ki}
4. _us2-sa-du a-sza3 u2*-sal-hi-a_ i7 buranun*
5. u3 _us2-sa-du_ te-ri-iq-tim
6. _sag-bi 1(disz)-kam_ be2-di-lum
7. _sag-bi 2(disz)-kam-ma i7 gibil_
8. pu-uh2 _5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 {gisz}kiri6_
9. szi-ma-ti-sza
10. sza i-na A RA UH2 i-sza!-mu-ma id-du-u2
11. _ki_ szar-ri-im
12. {disz}be-le-su2-nu _lukur {d}utu dumu_ {d}suen-ta-ia-ar
13. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza _in-szi-in-sa10_
reverse
1. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
2. _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
3. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim sza-pir _aga-us2_
4. _igi_ su-mu-ha-am-mu _dumu_ su-mu-di-ta-na
5. _igi_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-lik _sza13-dub-ba_
6. _igi_ nam-ti-la-ni-i3-du10
7. _igi_ sag-il2-ma-an-szum2 _ugula szu-i_
8. _igi_ e2-a-re-s,u-szu _ugula szu-i_
9. _igi_ da-mi-iq-{d}marduk _sza13-dub-ba sza3 ugula szu-i_
10. _igi_ {d}iszkur-dingir _sukkal_
11. _igi_ ha-da-an-szu-li-ik-szu-ud _sukkal_
12. _igi_ ri-im-{d}iszkur _gal-ukkin-na_
13. _igi_ {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _ugula szu-<i?>_
14. _igi_ nu-ra-tum _di-ku5_ dumu sig-an-nu-ni-tum
15. _igi_ sig-i3-li2-szu _ugula dam-gar3_
16. _igi#_ dingir-szu-ba-ni _dumu_ i-bi-{d}nin-szubur
17. [_igi_] sig#-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ qi2-isz-nu-nu
18. [_igi_ {d}]marduk-na-s,i2-ir _dub-sar_
19. [_iti du6]-ku3*# u4 8(disz)-kam_
20. [_mu x] nam? ki bala UD DU ba_
  * = collations Charpin, Fs Neumann (2018) 115

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P510408

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 080240
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 0373

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1891-0509-373

References

  • primary: BDHP, 28

    [Waterman1916BDHP] Waterman, Leroy. 1916. Business Documents of the Hammurapi Period from the British Museum. London: Luzac & Co.

  • history: Fs Neumann p.99-141, p. 115-116

    [Charpin2018dons] Charpin, Dominique. 2018. “Dons Ou Ventes de Terres Par Les Rois à l’époque Paléo-Babylonienne.” In Grenzüberschreitungen. Studien Zur Kulturgeschichte Des Alten Orients. Festschrift Für Hans Neumann Zum 65. Geburtstag Am 9. Mai 2018, edited by Kristin Kleber, Georg Neumann, and Susanne Paulus, 99–141. Dubsar, Band 5. Münster: Zaphon.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1627

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2021-05-30 at 14:58:35 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-06-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BDHP 28 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510408.
BDHP 28 artifact entry (No. P510408). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510408 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 28 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510408 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510408},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510408},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BDHP 28 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510408.
BDHP 28 artifact entry (No. P510408). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510408 (Original work published 2018)
BDHP 28 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510408 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2023BDHP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BDHP 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510408},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510408},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510408
LB  - CDLI:P510408
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - BDHP 28 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510408
ER  - 
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