BE 06/1, 032 (P257652)
Letter 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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 00087Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (Letter; three seals; 5x2x4x2 lines)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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obverse
1. _3(asz) sila3 i3-gisz_
ts: šalāšat qa šamnum
en: 3 qu of oil
2. _szu-ti-a_
ts: namḫarti
en: received by
3. {disz}a-li2-ta-li-mi
ts: ali-talīmī
en: Ali-talīmī
4. _ki_ li-sze-er-_ud-kib-nun{ki}_
ts: itti līšer-sippar
en: from Līšer-sippar.
5. i-na a-la-ki-ka
ts: ina alākika
en: When you come,
6. _ku3-babbar_ lu-usz-qu2-la-ku
ts: kaspam lušqula(k)ku
en: I shall pay you the silver;
reverse
1. la ta-ka-la
ts: lā taka(l)la
en: immediately (lit. do not hold (it) back),
2. _gir3_ uq-ni-AN?-tum
ts: sēp uqnī(an)tum
en: route to Uqnī(an)tum.
3. _iti_ ki-nu-nu _u4 1(u)-kam_
ts: waraḫ kinūm ešret ūmum
en: The month of Kinum, the day 10
4. _mu sahar zimbir{ki}_
ts: šanat eper sipparim
en: (of) the year "The earth of Sippar
5. isz-sza-ap-ku
ts: iššapku
en: was heaped up".
seal
1. al-ta-li-mi
2. _dumu_ bur-_{d}iszkur_
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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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primary: BE 6/1, 32
[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.
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history: AbB 11, 37
[Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.
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history: PBS 7, 37
[Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.
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- Museum No.: CBS 00087
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- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Hammurapi.43.08.10
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 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 |
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| 2020-07-06 at 09:40:06 | Lafont, Bertrand | Atf | Guidi, Carlo | CDLI | approved |
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| 2019-03-24 at 06:34:07 | Johnson, J. Cale | Atf | de Ridder, Alba | CDLI | approved |
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| 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 |
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