OB Legal 006 (P257645)

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 00080

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Rental of the journey of the divine weapon; cf CBS 24; seals; Sippar; 6x5x1 line)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. _kaskal {gesz#}tukul_ sza {d}utu
2. _buru14 sze-gesz-i3_
3. zimbir{ki}-am-na-nu#
4. mu-ut-ta-al-li-ik-ti pa-ni-i
5. _ki_ e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um _sanga_ {d}a-a
6. {disz}ARAD#-{d#}suen# _gudu4-abzu dumu_ {d}utu-tap-pa-szu
7. [u3 ... _dumu_] ri-im-{d}iszkur
  broken
1'. [... i]-na# _{gesz#}ban2_ [{d}utu]
reverse
1. _[i3]-ag2-e-mesz_
  single ruling
2. _[igi]_ ib-ni-{d}utu _gudu4-abzu dumu_ {d}iszkur-szar-rum
3. _igi_ {d}suen-na-di-in#-szu-mi _gudu4-abzu#_
  blank space
4. _iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_
5. _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e alan-a-ni masz2 igi du8-a_
seal 1
1. [e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um]
2. [sanga] {d}a-[a]
3. [dumu {d}]marduk#-mu#-[sza-lim]
4. [ARAD am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-ke4]

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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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  • Condition Description: end of obv broken
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Rental of the journey of the divine weapon; cf CBS 24; seals; Sippar; 6x5x1 line)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: OLA 21, 6

    [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 00080
  • Accession No.:

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 15:03:17 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 006 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257645.
OB Legal 006 artifact entry (No. P257645). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257645 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257645 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257645},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257645},
}


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