OB Legal 017 (P257775)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00329

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Purchase; cf Wilcke Zikir Sumim 450ff; seal;11X17)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x x]-KI#?-[...]
2'. _dumu#_ dingir-da-mi-iq
3'. _ki_ {d}utu-i#-na-ma-tim
4'. {disz}geme2-be-el-tim _lukur#_ {d}utu
5'. _dumu-munus_ i-bi-{d}suen
6'. i-na _har ku3-babbar_-sza
7'. _in-szi#-in#-sa10_
8'. _sa10 til#-[la]-bi-sze3_
9'. _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar in-na-an-la2_
10'. _sza3-ga-a-ni al-du10_
11'. _inim-bi al-til_
reverse
1. _u4-kur2-sze3 lu2 lu2-ra_
2. _inim nu-ga2-ga2-a_
3. _mu_ {d}utu {d}a-a {d}marduk
4. u3 sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e_
  single ruling
5. _igi_ i-bi-{d}utu _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir
6. _igi_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ pa-le-e-{d}utu
7. _igi_ pir-hi-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ i-pi2-iq?-x-x
8. _igi_ be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ {d}utu-na-s,i-ir
9. _igi_ ni-id-nu-sza _dumu_ {d}marduk-ha-zi-ir
10. _igi_ {d}iszkur-na-s,i-ir _dumu_ {d}suen-ma-gir
11. _igi_ a-pil2-sza _dumu_ qi2-isz-an-nu-ni-tum
12. _igi_ {d}suen-i-din-nam _dumu_ {d}utu-illat-su2
13. _igi_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza# _dumu_ be-la-nu
14. _igi_ {d}iszkur-na-s,i-ir [...]
  single ruling
15. _iti gan-gan-e3 [u4 n-kam]_
16. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal#-[e] e2-gal# nam#-[nun-na]_
seal 1
1. i-bi#-[{d}utu]
2. dumu {d}[suen-ma-gir]
3. ARAD lugal-gu2-[du8-a]
seal 2
1. {d}utu-na#-[s,i-ir]
2. dumu pa-le#-[e-{d}utu]
3. ARAD {d}[...]
seal 3
1. pir-hi-[i3-li2-szu]
2. dumu i-pi2-iq#-[...]
3. ARAD {d}[...]
seal 4
1. be-el-szu-[nu]
2. dumu {d}utu-na-s,i-[ir]
3. ARAD {d}utu#?
seal 5
1. ni-id!-nu-[sza]
2. dumu {d}marduk#-[ha-zi-ir]
3. ARAD sa-[am-su-i-lu-na]
seal 6
1. {d}iszkur-na-[s,i-ir]
2. dumu {d}suen#-[ma-gir]
3. ARAD AN {d}[mar-tu]
seal 7
1. a-[pil-sza]
2. [dumu qi2-isz-an-nu-ni-tum]
3. [ARAD ...]

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: fragment
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Purchase; cf Wilcke Zikir Sumim 450ff; seal;11X17)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: OLA 21, 17

    [vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 00329
  • Accession No.:

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 017 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257775.
OB Legal 017 artifact entry (No. P257775). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257775 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 017 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257775 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
@misc{2023OB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257775},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257775},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P257775
LB  - CDLI:P257775
M1  - 2025/5/2/
TI  - OB Legal 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257775
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.