BE 06/1, 026 (P257593)

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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00028

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Court document; judgement in the division of an inheritance; (Obv)12x(Obv)13x(LoE)2x(LE)2 lines;)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: 75%
  • Condition Description: Tablet, Rev.u.le.,ctr.&lo.rt.cnr chipped
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Court document; judgement in the division of an inheritance; (Obv)12x(Obv)13x(LoE)2x(LE)2 lines;)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: BE 6/1, 26

    [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: HG 3, no. 710

    [Kohler1909HG3] Kohler, Josef, and Arthur Ungnad. 1909. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band III: Übersetzte Urkunden, Erläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: UAZP = VAB 5, no. 284

    [Schorr1913UAZP] Schorr, Moses. 1913. Urkunden Des Altbabylonischen Zivil- Und Prozessrechts. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 5. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: Peiser, OLZ 10 p.457ff.

    [sec47412] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 00028
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Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 026 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257593.
BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry (No. P257593). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257593 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257593 (Accessed: November 8, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257593},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257593
LB  - CDLI:P257593
M1  - 2025/11/8/
TI  - BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257593
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 06/1, 026 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257593.
BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry (No. P257593). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257593 (Original work published 2005)
BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257593 (Accessed: November 8, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257593},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257593},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257593
LB  - CDLI:P257593
M1  - 2025/11/8/
TI  - BE 06/1, 026 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257593
ER  - 
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