BM 097480 (P523808)

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 097480

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. _6(asz) sze gur sa10 i3-gesz_
2. _ki_ ri-isz-{d}marduk _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_
3. {disz}ba-szi-dingir _dumu_ a-hu-ia-tum
4. _szu ba-an-ti_
5. a-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
6. a-na na-szi ka-ni-ki-szu#
7. _6(asz) sze gur_
8. i#-na# _kar#_ bad3#-am-mi?-di?-ta?-na?{ki}
9. sza _gu2 i7-da_ si2-la2-kum
reverse
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]-BI
  broken
1'. [mu ...] x x x [...] _e2 nam#-he2 x [...]_
seal 1
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ ib-ni-{d}[x]

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/P523808

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 097480
Accession Number 1902-10-11, 0534

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1902-1011-534

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2021-08-11 at 12:42:50 Woestenburg, Els Transliteration Woestenburg, Els CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 097480 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P523808.
BM 097480 artifact entry (No. P523808). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P523808 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097480 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P523808 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097480 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P523808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P523808},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P523808
LB  - CDLI:P523808
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BM 097480 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P523808
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM 097480 Artifact Entry.” (2021) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P523808.
BM 097480 artifact entry (No. P523808). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P523808 (Original work published 2021)
BM 097480 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P523808 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {BM 097480 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P523808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P523808},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P523808
LB  - CDLI:P523808
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BM 097480 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P523808
ER  - 
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