Fs Van Lerberghe 573-574 (P257657)

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 00092

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 a girru; Cf CAD G 93a; four seals; 6x2x6x3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _6(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
2. _sza3 gu2-un_ ge-er-ri
3. zimbir{ki}-am-na-nu-um
4. sza dumu-2(u)-kam _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}marduk
5. e-li {d}bu-ne-ne-ga-mil
6. e-lu-u2
7. a-na _mu-bala_
8. [i]-na re-esz _nig2-gur11_
reverse
1. [_n sze] gur# {gesz}ban2 {d}utu_
2. {disz}{d}bu-ne-ne-ga-mil
3. i-le-eq-qe2
  single ruling
4. _igi_ ri-im-{d}iszkur _gudu4-abzu_
5. _igi#_ ta#-ri-bu-sza _gudu4-abzu_
  single ruling
6. [_iti sze]-sag11#-ku5 u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
7. [_mu_] am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal#-[e] i7-da_ am-mi-di-ta-na _mu-un-ba-al#-la_
seal 1
1. [ta]-ri-bu-um#
2. _gudu4-abzu#_
3. [_dumu_] sig-an-nu-ni-[tum]
4. _ARAD nig2 e2-[babbar-ra_]
seal 2
1. [...]-ga?-mil
2. [...] babbar-ra
3. [...] x x

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Rental of a girru; Cf CAD G 93a; four seals; 6x2x6x3 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: Fs Van Lerberghe p.561-584, p. 573-574

    [Stol2012prebend] Stol, Marten. 2012. “Renting the Divine Weapon as a Prebend.” In The Ancient Near East, a Life! Festschrift Karel Van Lerberghe, edited by Tom Boiy, 561–84. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 220. Leuven: Peeters.

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Cite this Artifact
“Fs Van Lerberghe 573-574 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257657.
Fs Van Lerberghe 573-574 artifact entry (No. P257657). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257657 (Original work published 2005)
Fs Van Lerberghe 573-574 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257657 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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