OB Legal 008 (P257654)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
As ATF As JTFLinked annotations
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 00089Provenience
Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Record of silver paid as tax of two localities; 6x2x5x1 line)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
-
tablet
obverse
1. {disz}be-li2-a-bi
2. sza _e2_ {d}iszkur
3. u3 na-s,i-rum tap-pu-szu
4. sza _7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
5. a-na ib-ni-{d}suen
6. _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir
7. a-na _gu2-un_ bad3-ma-asz-ka#-an
8. u3 bad3-a-am-mu-ra-pi2
reverse
1. id-di-nu
single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim
3. _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-a-su
single ruling
4. _iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
5. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e alan-a-ni szud3 ab-di-di-[a]_
seal 1
illegible
obverse
1. {disz}be-li2-a-bi
2. sza _e2_ {d}iszkur
3. u3 na-s,i-rum tap-pu-szu
4. sza _7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
5. a-na ib-ni-{d}suen
6. _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir
7. a-na _gu2-un_ bad3-ma-asz-ka#-an
8. u3 bad3-a-am-mu-ra-pi2
reverse
1. id-di-nu
single ruling
2. _igi_ {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim
3. _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-a-su
single ruling
4. _iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
5. _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e alan-a-ni szud3 ab-di-di-[a]_
seal 1
illegible
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
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
-
primary: OLA 21, 8
[vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: CBS 00089
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ammi-ditana.07.07.25
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| 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 |
 |
| 2021-06-01 at 07:55:06 | Woestenburg, Els | Atf | Woestenburg, Els | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 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 |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Penn Museum (452514) (452514)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.89) (CBS.89)
General Notes:
-
CDLI Notes:
-
Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 008 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257654.
OB Legal 008 artifact entry (No. P257654). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257654 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257654 (Accessed: August 13, 2025).
@misc{2023OB,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-13]},
year = {2023},
month = {feb 1},
title = {OB {Legal} 008 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P257654},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257654},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/2/1/ PY - 2023 ID - P257654 LB - CDLI:P257654 M1 - 2025/8/13/ TI - OB Legal 008 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P257654 ER -