OB Legal 007 (P257653)

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 00088

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Account of debt of strings of red garlic due at harvest time; 6x1x7x2 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [3(u)] gi-id-lu sza-ak-ku-[tum]
2. sza _szum2-husz{sar}_
3. sza {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _gudu4-abzu_
4. _ugu_ dumu-u4-2(u)-kam
5. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ib-ni
6. i-szu-u2
7. _u4 buru14-sze3_
reverse
1. 3(u) gi-id-lu sza-ak-ku-[tum]
2. sza# _szum2-husz{sar}_
3. [a]-na# {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _gudu4-abzu_
4. i-na-ad-di-in
5. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}utu e-ri-ib# _e2#_
6. DISZ ib-ni-{d}marduk _dumu_ {d}i7-[...]
7. _iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam#_
8. _mu# am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e [...]-a_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Account of debt of strings of red garlic due at harvest time; 6x1x7x2 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: OLA 21, 7

    [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 00088
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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 007 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257653.
OB Legal 007 artifact entry (No. P257653). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257653 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 007 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257653 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257653},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257653},
}

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