OB Legal 002 (P257603)

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 00038

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Purchase of a house born slave-girl; Sippar; 11x2x11x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _1(disz) sag-geme2_ an-nu-ni-tum-um-mi
2. _mu-ni-im_ i-li-id _e2_
3. _geme2_ geme2-{d}ma-mu _lukur_ {d}utu
4. _ki_ geme2-{d}ma-mu _lukur_ {d}utu
5. _lugal-a-ni geme2_
6. _dumu-munus_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
7. {disz}szi-szu-sum-ma-da-tim
8. _dumu-munus_ ia-aq-s,u2-ur-dingir
9. i-na _har-har ku3-babbar in-szi-in-sa10_
10. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
11. _9(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
12. _in-na-an-la2_
13. _sza3-ga-<ni> al-du10_
reverse
1. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
2. _inim nu-um-ga2-ga2-a_
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}marduk sa-am-su-i-lu-na
4. u3 _iri{ki}_ zimbir(|UD.KIB.NUN.NA|) it-mu-u2#
  single ruling
5. _igi_ ARAD-{d}mar-tu u3 {d}mar-tu-na-s,ir
6. _dumu-mesz_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu a-hu-sza
7. _igi_ ARAD-szu-nir _dumu_ {d}utu-illat-su2
8. _igi_ {d}suen-ri-me-ni _dumu_ na-bi-{d}utu
9. _igi_ {d}utu-ra-bi _dumu_ {d}utu-ma!-an-szum2#
10. _igi_ ni-id-na-tum _dumu_ ARAD-{d#}marduk#
  single ruling
11. _igi_ im-gur-{d}suen _dub-sar_
12. _iti# udru{duru5} u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_
13. _mu {uruda}ki-lugal-gub_

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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  • Genre(s): Legal (Purchase of a house born slave-girl; Sippar; 11x2x11x2 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OLA 21, 2

    [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 00038
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2021-05-31 at 13:48:02 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2021-05-31 at 13:46:47 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 002 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257603.
OB Legal 002 artifact entry (No. P257603). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257603 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257603 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257603},
}


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